Joe Rogan Experience #2535 - Andrew Wilson · Aired Aug 5, 2026
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The Vatican supposedly possesses a 'chronovisor' device that lets people see past or future events, a conspiracy story repeated on the show.
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What the evidence shows
The chronovisor is a real legend, but the Catholicus article I opened says there is no conclusive evidence the device existed, and others regard the whole story as a fabrication. The legend began with a 1972 interview with a monk, Pellegrino Ernetti, and the accounts describe a device for viewing past events, so the claim that it shows the future is not supported. The show itself framed this as conspiracy talk, so stating flatly that the Vatican possesses it goes beyond the evidence. Falsifier: a verifiable Vatican statement, archival record, or surviving device would show the device exists.
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Is it true that the Vatican supposedly possesses a 'chronovisor' device that lets people see past or future events, a conspiracy story repeated on the show?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. The chronovisor is a real legend, but the Catholicus article I opened says there is no conclusive evidence the device existed, and others regard the whole story as a fabrication. Andrew Wilson said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2535 - Andrew Wilson, aired Aug 5, 2026, at 2:39:42. The supporting source is catholicus.eu, linked below.
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