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The Aggravations Of Experts
The radio had on a woman frightened about passing on coronadoom to her kids via breast milk. That the lady was fearful isn't surprising given the constant bombardment of coronadoom…
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Absolute Vs. Relative Risk Reduction; Trump Likes Vaccines; The Fabulous Fauci; Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam Getting Theirs; More! — Coronavirus Update LXXIII
WE CONTINUE The consensus---and we never buck consensii; consensuses?---was to keep these updates going for the time being, but expanding their scope. I have therefore cut back on some of…
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One World Government To End All Pandemics; The Canceling Of John Ioannidis; More! — Coronavirus Update LX
YOU HAVE TO LAUGH Earlier I said 2020 was the year experts pretended to forget all they knew about viruses. I have to correct. I now say 2020 and 2021…
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Anti-Christian JK Rowling Attacked By Lunatics When She Defends Woman Who Claimed Reality Of Sex
On the same day the ACLU invented the term "menstrual equity", here's what JK Rowling said, quoted in case her tweet is deleted: Dress however you please. Call yourself whatever…
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Equality Is False — In Aptitude, Intelligence, Ability. What Are The Consequences?
Listen to this: Brothers and sisters: There are different kinds of spiritual gifts but the same Spirit; there are different forms of service but the same Lord; there are different…
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The Limitations And Usefulness Of IQ
That Smarts Everybody knows that some people are smarter than others, and that some are teachable and some not. Well, some people do deny these facts, believing that if everybody…
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Gene Editing: What Could Go Wrong?
Headline: Big Tongues and Extra Vertebrae: The Unintended Consequences of Animal Gene Editing: Unintended consequences have included enlarged rabbit tongues and extra pig vertebrae, as bioethicists warn of hubris Scientists…
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On Over-Certainty In GMO Beliefs
Only a minor point about GMOs today. Here's how the Ars Technica "On GMO safety, the fiercest opponents understand the least" opens: "Science is our most effective means of understanding…
