The Michael Knowles Show - Glenn Beck: REAL Answers & REAL Drinks | YES or NO Aired: 2025-01-11 Duration: 21:12 === Ralph Crampon's Wisdom (08:56) === [00:00:00] The race card is more useful than an Ivy League degree. [00:00:03] You're one of those really, really educated... [00:00:06] Because I'm like a bus driver, okay? [00:00:08] You're talking to Ralph Crampon here. [00:00:09] I have no idea. [00:00:11] It's not noon yet, and the producers want me to drink. [00:00:29] They want me to drink with a man who doesn't drink. [00:00:31] It seems like they are setting me up for failure, which is why I have my Topo Chico sitting across... [00:00:36] And I have Jack Daniels. [00:00:38] As an alcoholic, I thought this was wrong, but... [00:00:41] Maybe it'll help the game. [00:00:42] I don't know. [00:00:43] Glenn, thank you for being here. [00:00:44] Michael, good to see you. [00:00:45] Do you know the rules of the game? [00:00:47] I think so. [00:00:48] Okay, now you have to answer how you think I would answer. [00:00:51] I will let my... [00:00:53] Well, I have to answer in Latin. [00:00:54] And it has to be in Latin. [00:00:55] In Latin, okay. [00:00:55] If not Aramaic. [00:00:58] I will let my hair go gray. [00:01:01] Yes. [00:01:03] So then you move my cup, I'll just move it to yes. [00:01:07] Of course. [00:01:08] Of course. [00:01:09] I actually am looking forward to the gray. [00:01:12] No, don't. [00:01:12] Don't. [00:01:13] Okay, because my grandfather had white hair. [00:01:16] Yeah, yeah. [00:01:16] Okay? [00:01:17] And, I mean, he looked, I mean, it really looked great on him. [00:01:21] Yeah. [00:01:22] And I wanted my hair to go gray. [00:01:24] It's white like his. [00:01:25] It just went straight white. [00:01:26] Straight white. [00:01:26] Yeah. [00:01:27] I look like I'm a thousand years old. [00:01:31] Don't. [00:01:33] Everybody in my family, my sisters were white by 35. And I'm like, why am I not white? [00:01:38] It's cool if you're young. [00:01:40] But once you get old enough to have white hair, you're like, that doesn't work. [00:01:45] That's a fair point. [00:01:46] Because I thought just a little of that Mitt Romney touchy gray. [00:01:49] Romney and I have disagreements. [00:01:50] But that little touchy gray can look good. [00:01:52] But I guess if the gray... [00:01:56] It's too immersive. [00:01:58] You might regret it. [00:01:59] Okay. [00:02:00] Yeah. [00:02:00] Okay. [00:02:00] Yeah. [00:02:01] No, when it turns what? [00:02:02] When you begin to look like you're a million years old, that's when... [00:02:08] Oh, you know what? [00:02:08] He could be Santa. [00:02:09] I think he's immortal because he's got to be a thousand. [00:02:12] Yeah. [00:02:13] All right. [00:02:13] You're up. [00:02:16] The red heifers will be sacrificed by the end of next year. [00:02:22] So, we're not talking about the hypothetical red heifer. [00:02:24] We're talking about the ones that are in Israel right now. [00:02:26] Yeah. [00:02:26] Okay. [00:02:27] Wrong. [00:02:35] Really? [00:02:36] If you would have asked me before the election, I would have said... [00:02:41] Absolutely. [00:02:42] But I think God gave us a little more time. [00:02:45] I think Jesus is coming maybe in my lifetime, but look at my hair. [00:02:48] It's probably wrong. [00:02:50] It could be the fourth millennium. [00:02:51] Yeah, it could be. [00:02:52] But I think this has given us a little more time. [00:02:57] However, they are discovering things in the city of David now that would lead you to believe, oh, the time might be coming very soon. [00:03:08] Okay. [00:03:09] Third temple stuff. [00:03:11] I assumed you would be expecting, you know, the cataclysm, especially looking all around us, but your point on the election is a good one. [00:03:19] I haven't been optimistic, Michael, ever. [00:03:22] Okay, ever. [00:03:23] I think I came out of my mom, you know, screaming, not because, you know, I'm old and stuff. [00:03:29] I'm like, we're doomed! [00:03:32] But God's not done. [00:03:36] He's not neutral. [00:03:38] In the affairs of man. [00:03:39] Yeah. [00:03:39] And he's not done with us. [00:03:41] Not saying that he trusts us. [00:03:43] Yeah. [00:03:44] I think what he saw was, okay, there are enough of you, and maybe let's see if the rest of you will actually do what you're supposed to do. [00:03:54] He gave us more time. [00:03:57] I agree. [00:03:57] I agree. [00:03:59] People say, are we in the end times? [00:04:00] And I say, well, look, someone's going to be alive in the end times. [00:04:02] Yes. [00:04:03] It could be. [00:04:03] Why not? [00:04:04] Why not us? [00:04:04] But if I had to bet money... [00:04:07] I agree with you. [00:04:08] Yeah. [00:04:08] Okay. [00:04:10] In 2024, the race card is more useful than an Ivy League degree. [00:04:15] 2022? [00:04:16] 2024. So this year. [00:04:19] You're one of those really, really educated... [00:04:23] Because I'm like a bus driver, okay? [00:04:25] You're talking to Ralph Crampton here. [00:04:27] I have no idea about anything. [00:04:29] You're saying I'm educated, really handsome. [00:04:31] No, don't include that. [00:04:34] But... [00:04:35] I would say that you would say yes to that. [00:04:46] I would say no. [00:04:49] Actually, when you asked the clarification, 2022, I might have said yes. [00:04:55] I think BLM is totally done. [00:04:58] Did you think that before the election? [00:05:01] No. [00:05:02] No, no, no. [00:05:03] I'm saying 2024. You're only saying two months. [00:05:07] I'm saying the whole year. [00:05:09] Wow, okay. [00:05:10] You're right. [00:05:11] Do I have to round up? [00:05:12] Do I have to round down? [00:05:13] Yes. [00:05:14] I rounded to 12. You know, when you have two out of 12, you don't round up. [00:05:20] I had common core math when I was in college. [00:05:23] Even when they say the Ivy League degree, is it useful? [00:05:26] If you mean, is it useful to learn philosophy? [00:05:28] Probably not. [00:05:29] Is it useful even to learn some hard skill? [00:05:32] Actually, certainly not. [00:05:33] But today, is it still useful? [00:05:36] Do the liberal elites still use the credential system that they built? [00:05:41] I think so. [00:05:42] I think they do. [00:05:44] Even for me? [00:05:45] No, seriously. [00:05:47] I mean, I went to Yale, but I was only one semester. [00:05:52] If I had that degree, would it be useful for me? [00:05:55] For a conservative, they would actually try to disavow you and take your diploma away from you? [00:06:00] Right. [00:06:01] Or if I'm somebody who just really disagrees with them. [00:06:05] So doesn't that lead you to believe that it's, I'm right, you're wrong about your opinion? [00:06:11] You're saying that the race card is more useful? [00:06:14] Yeah, in 10 of the 12 months, yes. [00:06:20] That's what I think you believe. [00:06:22] Well, in 10 of the 12 months, or in like 9 of the 12 months, Trump was going to lose the election. [00:06:28] Right. [00:06:29] So it was still more useful. [00:06:30] But all that matters is how it turns out in the end. [00:06:35] Wow. [00:06:36] Do I get my point? [00:06:37] I think he's cheating. [00:06:37] Hold on. [00:06:38] All right. [00:06:39] I think he's cheating. [00:06:43] Your poll. [00:06:44] Oh, yeah. [00:06:45] Okay. [00:06:47] History will look back and say this election was the most consequential of the last 100 years. [00:06:56] Wait, no, I'm answering for you. [00:06:58] Oh, yeah, okay. [00:06:59] Hold on, hold on now. [00:07:01] Let me see. [00:07:02] Am I the kind of guy that would move the cup closer to you to keep the poison away? [00:07:09] Are you Sicilian? [00:07:10] Okay, so you say yes, but... [00:07:13] No, I thought... [00:07:15] You thought I would say yes? [00:07:16] Yes. [00:07:17] Okay. [00:07:17] See, this is the problem with this game, is the rules, they're very confusing. [00:07:21] Only you, the one who's in charge of the game. [00:07:24] I know. [00:07:25] I ignore responsibility. [00:07:26] The buck does not stop here. [00:07:28] I think you... [00:07:29] You think I would say yes. [00:07:30] Yes. [00:07:30] But I have to figure out what you would say. [00:07:32] And I think you would say yes. [00:07:37] Well, now... [00:07:38] I'm trying to think of a counter-example. [00:07:39] Now let's try... [00:07:42] Drink your drink. [00:07:43] See if you can handle the Iocane powder. [00:07:46] I've spent years working up an immunity. [00:07:49] Yeah, I think it is. [00:07:51] In the last 100 years, remember, that starts with Coolidge, and you miss Wilson, which I think Wilson was the most. [00:08:03] If it were 120 years or something, would you say Wilson was more consequential then? [00:08:09] Trump's second. [00:08:10] If I'm rounding down, yes. [00:08:14] If I'm rounding up to what I think he's going to do, no. [00:08:22] Touche. [00:08:22] That's a great point. [00:08:23] There's so much more to say. [00:08:24] First, though, go to balanceofnature.com. [00:08:26] Use promo code Knowles. [00:08:27] Balance of Nature Fruits and Veggies is the most convenient way to get whole fruits and vegetables daily, especially if you've centered your New Year's resolutions around creating a healthier lifestyle. [00:08:35] Nature is pretty good at giving us the nutrients we need through our fruits and veggies. [00:08:39] So Balance of Nature takes fruits and vegetables, freeze-dries them, turns them into a powder, and then puts them into a capsule. === Why Conservatives Wear Glasses (03:49) === [00:08:45] You take your fruit and veggie capsules every day, and then your body knows what to do with them. [00:08:49] Balance of Nature is just one ingredient of a balanced lifestyle, has no intention to replace a healthy diet, exercise, sleep, or any other healthy habits. [00:08:56] It is intended to be used in concert with other healthy I love balance of nature, especially I'm on the road a lot. [00:09:03] Sometimes I'm not eating all that well. [00:09:05] So balance of nature makes it super easy to get the nutrients that you need. [00:09:10] The only problem with it is that the hyenas around the daily wire can just grab them before I even get mine. [00:09:17] Go to balanceofnature.com. [00:09:18] Use promo code Knowles, K-N-W-L-E-S. For 35% off your first order as a preferred customer, plus get a free bottle of fiber and spice. [00:09:25] That is balanceofnature.com, promo code. [00:09:28] Knowles. [00:09:30] When conservatives wear glasses... [00:09:32] Hold on, let me, before I... Yeah. [00:09:37] Right. [00:09:39] Gosh, you're so much smarter now. [00:09:41] Stop it. [00:09:41] Come on. [00:09:42] I know, vaguely lesbian, but that's, you know... [00:09:45] When conservatives wear glasses, it makes them appear more liberal. [00:09:53] When conservatives wear glasses... [00:09:55] See, you know this about me. [00:09:59] I'm a vision guy more than anything else. [00:10:02] My eyes are weird for a radio guy. [00:10:07] I think you could tell their political stance based on the style of their glasses. [00:10:14] Not just glasses. [00:10:15] What about this style? [00:10:16] That would say to me, you're conservative. [00:10:19] It would. [00:10:19] This is the secret right wing. [00:10:21] Yeah, that's the secret code. [00:10:23] You can trust him. [00:10:24] I have noticed this, like I'll be at events. [00:10:26] There was a guy who came up to me, you know, a kind of conservative figure. [00:10:30] He says, ah, Michael, good. [00:10:32] You're wearing the far right glass frames too. [00:10:34] I said, yeah, of course. [00:10:36] But the weirder they get, the more transparent they are, or colorful they are, the more, and worse. [00:10:45] Easier to spot on a woman than a man. [00:10:48] Yes, yes. [00:10:49] So you, because Shapiro, years ago, told me I had to get rid of the glasses because they made me look like a huge lip. [00:10:54] Different glasses, but not all that. [00:10:55] A huge what? [00:10:56] A huge lip. [00:10:57] He thought they made me look like a big... [00:10:58] So you don't, you think I could pull it off? [00:11:00] George Will. [00:11:01] George Will? [00:11:02] True, yeah, that's true. [00:11:03] You know? [00:11:04] Yeah, you're fine. [00:11:06] Okay, because the examples he gave were Rachel Maddow, my doppelganger. [00:11:10] Chris Hayes, Lawrence O'Donnell. [00:11:12] How about me? [00:11:13] I wear glasses most of the time. [00:11:14] And you wear, like, kind of cool, like, you know, I do it. [00:11:18] I do it to confuse them. [00:11:21] I walk into a room and if they don't know me, they're like, he's with us. [00:11:27] Nope. [00:11:28] It's like cat lovers. [00:11:30] They think my cat loves me. [00:11:32] No, they don't. [00:11:33] They're using you for food and shelter. [00:11:36] I just love the idea of Glenn Beck walking into a room full of liberals with Groucho glasses on. [00:11:42] They'll never catch me! [00:11:45] Alright, you're up. [00:11:46] And my glasses are off. [00:11:48] I know how to answer this with one person. [00:11:51] Nicotine is beneficial for you. [00:11:57] Is nicotine beneficial? [00:11:59] What would you say? [00:12:01] Yeah, hold on. [00:12:03] You're twitching, but... [00:12:05] I've offered you cigars, and you haven't accepted, but you used to like cigars. [00:12:09] Yes. [00:12:11] I don't gain powder again. [00:12:13] But you're... === Artificial Intelligence 2030 (08:56) === [00:12:15] I don't want to be telling tales out of school. [00:12:17] I believe the reason you quit cigars is because you said your wife didn't want to kiss you after cigars, which is very harmful, so I say no. [00:12:28] But I'm not for it. [00:12:29] You're not for it. [00:12:32] I'm rounding up. [00:12:35] No, you're right. [00:12:39] Currently, AI is the greatest threat to the way of life, to our way of life. [00:12:45] Calculating. [00:12:52] Absolutely true. [00:12:53] Yes. [00:12:56] People don't even know. [00:12:57] I've been talking about AI, AGI, and ASI. Since the 90s. [00:13:06] And everybody was like, they're living in a science fiction world. [00:13:09] And I'm like, by 2030? [00:13:11] What is ASI? AGI is Artificial General Intelligence. [00:13:15] Yes. [00:13:15] Which is us. [00:13:18] We're not artificial. [00:13:20] We're a general intelligence being. [00:13:22] Meaning we can do a little of everything. [00:13:25] I can play this game. [00:13:26] I can play chess. [00:13:28] We're at AI. I'm good at this game, but I can't play chess. [00:13:35] ASI is artificial superintelligence. [00:13:39] Some people say it will never come. [00:13:41] I say we're very close to AGI within maybe the next 18 months. [00:13:49] And I believe that ASI comes maybe the next day. [00:13:54] Does ASI need... [00:13:56] Oh, you're saying once we get AGI, at that point you flick the switch. [00:13:59] Yeah, some people say we'll never get there. [00:14:01] I believe we'll get there overnight. [00:14:03] Do you need quantum computing or something to get ASI? No, you just need access to information. [00:14:13] This is why they're building nuclear power plants for the first time ever. [00:14:17] You know why? [00:14:18] Because AI needs it. [00:14:20] The government needs it. [00:14:22] The people who are looking at quantum computing need it. [00:14:27] We have so much energy usage for... [00:14:31] AI. We have to have nuclear power. [00:14:33] But wait, I thought it was so dangerous, people in California. [00:14:38] So once you have that and once it can teach itself, which it already can, you can't understand its language and how it's working. [00:14:49] We don't. [00:14:50] Once you get to artificial general intelligence and it can think like this. [00:14:55] It will teach itself so rapidly, it will outthink every brain on the planet combined like that. [00:15:03] And we won't understand it. [00:15:05] That's when it becomes our God. [00:15:08] Because, how are you going to argue? [00:15:11] Who are you to argue against the AI? We're at the point right now that everybody said was crazy. [00:15:21] It'll never happen. [00:15:22] They said... [00:15:23] 15 years ago. [00:15:25] There's coming a time, quickly, before 2030, where people will walk in to their doctor and their doctor will say, you have cancer and we need to do this treatment. [00:15:38] Yeah, yeah. [00:15:38] What did the AI say? [00:15:41] Okay? [00:15:42] Doctors, because AI will be able to consume all. [00:15:47] Yeah, yeah. [00:15:48] All of it. [00:15:48] It can already. [00:15:49] It can. [00:15:50] I think it was Grok. [00:15:51] I have friends who've uploaded medical records. [00:15:53] And Grok was better than their doctors. [00:15:55] It is. [00:15:55] It is. [00:15:56] Because it's current, and it can look at all records and have the ability to crunch it. [00:16:04] Your doctor can't. [00:16:05] I assumed the nuclear power plants were for the crypto coins. [00:16:09] I thought it was like, you know, Dogecoin, all the really important stores of wealth in America, but no. [00:16:16] Did you really think it was for artificial coins? [00:16:18] No, it's all intelligence. [00:16:20] Wow. [00:16:21] Okay. [00:16:22] Last one. [00:16:23] And if we don't... [00:16:24] Let me just say this, because I believe it's the biggest danger in the world. [00:16:28] Besides the next 30 days until we get to the election. [00:16:33] There's lots of them on the table. [00:16:34] Get the guy into the inauguration. [00:16:37] But we're at a turning point. [00:16:41] In fact, it just happened this week where they now say, we can download you. [00:16:49] Now, in 2000... [00:16:52] Five. [00:16:53] I talked to Ray Kurzweil, who is... [00:16:55] Yeah, yeah. [00:16:56] And he said, off the air. [00:17:00] You just have to live till 2030. And he said, keep healthy until 2030. And I said, why? [00:17:07] And he said, 2030 is the tipping point. [00:17:10] There will be no death. [00:17:12] And I said, you think AI is going to be able to cure all disease and... [00:17:18] Unlock the secrets of the body to keep the body. [00:17:21] He's like, no, no, no, the body's just a shell. [00:17:23] We'll be able to download you. [00:17:26] And I said, Ray, can we just talk about this for a second? [00:17:30] Yeah. [00:17:32] What's up here is not who I am. [00:17:34] Right. [00:17:35] Yes, it is. [00:17:36] Well, okay, we disagree on that. [00:17:37] Yeah. [00:17:38] And if you don't get this... [00:17:41] But you only get this. [00:17:43] It's going to go wrong. [00:17:45] Yeah. [00:17:45] And he's like, but we can download everything. [00:17:47] You're just, you're a map. [00:17:49] And we can reproduce that all the time. [00:17:52] I said, Ray, what happens if grandma or grandpa is starting to cost the state a lot of money? [00:17:59] Yeah. [00:18:00] You've now taken away death. [00:18:02] So, don't worry. [00:18:04] Grandma will be with you forever. [00:18:07] Bad. [00:18:07] And that's here. [00:18:08] It was just announced this week. [00:18:10] That they can now make you live forever by downloading you. [00:18:15] I actually talked to one of these super advanced Android robot things one time. [00:18:19] I haven't... [00:18:21] I'll leave that as a cliffhanger for people, but I had... [00:18:24] And it's very spooky, because all these people are so intelligent who are working on this. [00:18:29] Ray Kurzweil's a genius. [00:18:30] Yeah, genius. [00:18:31] But then he says something dumb like that, and you say, like, hey, Mr. Kurzweil, have you heard of The Soul? [00:18:38] Are you aware that substances have forms? [00:18:40] He doesn't believe in anything metaphysical. [00:18:46] He's dealing in a different... [00:18:47] That's what scares me. [00:18:49] All these guys are. [00:18:51] When you cut that out... [00:18:53] Michael, I can think one thing, but God can move upon me and totally change my thinking. [00:19:01] Now, if I cut the possibility... [00:19:04] Because I don't have a soul. [00:19:06] Of God talking to me. [00:19:10] I'm going to decay. [00:19:12] I'm going to start going down darker and darker paths. [00:19:16] That's what you're preserving. [00:19:18] A very dark grandma at some point. [00:19:21] I love this idea. [00:19:24] Glenn, Glenn, you're not going to believe it. [00:19:26] Death is going to be conquered. [00:19:28] I got a secret for you. [00:19:30] It's not. [00:19:31] It's not. [00:19:32] There was a thing like 2,000 years ago that happened. [00:19:35] That one did. [00:19:37] Last one. [00:19:39] Ben Shapiro has an okay radio voice. [00:19:42] Oh, you have to guess my answer? [00:19:44] No, you have to guess mine. [00:19:46] No, is this? [00:19:47] I guessed your answer on AI. But I also want to guess your answer. [00:19:52] You guessed mine. [00:19:53] Has an okay radio voice. [00:19:56] Okay, before I give you my answer, I'll just guess yours. [00:20:03] You want me to explain why I think that? [00:20:05] He doesn't have an okay radio voice. [00:20:08] Because he has a terrible radio voice. [00:20:11] He has told me that himself. [00:20:12] One time I said to Ben, I said, Ben... [00:20:15] Your show gets more viewers than mine does. [00:20:18] And I'm offended by this because I think I have a much nicer voice. [00:20:21] And I think it's deeper and more soothing. [00:20:24] That's why, actually. [00:20:25] Because I have this voice that's really fast. [00:20:27] And it keeps people on the edge of their seats. [00:20:29] And they want to know what's going to happen next. [00:20:32] You're right. [00:20:32] I agree. [00:20:34] So, well, I like Ben so much that I would have said yes if I would have caved into peer pressure. [00:20:42] But alas, there it is. [00:20:44] It's sitting there. [00:20:45] You can't. [00:20:46] Glenn, I think I'm going to choose to say I won. [00:20:49] I'm going to identify as having won. [00:20:51] Thank you for coming on, whatever this is. [00:20:53] Thank you. [00:20:54] I identify you as a loser in this game, at least. [00:20:59] I love you, Michael. [00:21:00] Thank you. [00:21:00] You do a lot of good. [00:21:01] Stop it. [00:21:02] Come on, get out of here. [00:21:03] I don't want to get all sincere and nice and sentimental at the end. [00:21:06] I know you'd hate to do that on the holidays. [00:21:10] Glenn, thank you. [00:21:11] God bless you, Mike.