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New Paper Says Flu Vax Increases Chance Of Flu: Let’s Look
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New Paper Says Flu Vax Increases Chance Of Flu: Let’s Look

Can flu vaccine give you flu? New paper seems to say yes. Their conclusion: "the risk of influenza was significantly higher for the vaccinated compared to the unvaccinated state...yielding a…
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On Scott Adams’s Vax-Decision Analysis
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On Scott Adams’s Vax-Decision Analysis

Dilbert's Scott Adams posted a video on his reasoning behind his decision whether to get vaxed during the covid panic. He concludes that no one is now in a position…
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What The Covid Panic Did To Science
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What The Covid Panic Did To Science

This was the speech I delivered on Saturday, 2 November 2025, at the True Grit Summit, held in Fort Smith, Arkansas. If and when the video becomes available, I'll post…
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Happy 4th Anniversary, Price of Panic!
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Happy 4th Anniversary, Price of Panic!

Sunday was the 4th anniversary of the book that took the world by storm (teacup sized), smacked Experts silly, called for protection of the vulnerable before it was cool, and…
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The Theory Of Misinformation Argues For Restoring Literacy Tests For Voting
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The Theory Of Misinformation Argues For Restoring Literacy Tests For Voting

I have been critical of the theory of Official Mis- and Official Disinformation, given that they necessarily imply the existence of Official Truths (see blog/Substack). As I have long said,…
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The Misinformation Dis(mis)course Revisited : The Losing Battle of The Academic Expertocracy — Guest Post by Jaap Hanekamp
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The Misinformation Dis(mis)course Revisited : The Losing Battle of The Academic Expertocracy — Guest Post by Jaap Hanekamp

Introduction Some time ago I wrote about The science of fake news. I must confess, I find this misinformation discourse thoroughly boring. Why? Because it reveals the most plebeian of human…
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Do Our Rulers Really Believe What They Say They Believe & What To Do About It
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Do Our Rulers Really Believe What They Say They Believe & What To Do About It

Do our rulers, Experts, elites and celebrities really believe what they say they believe about "gender", "climate change", "racism" and so forth? For instance, when these people say that that…
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Did Republicans Report More Vax Adverse Events? How Not To Do Statistics
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Did Republicans Report More Vax Adverse Events? How Not To Do Statistics

A perpetual staple of statistical shenanigans are "studies" comparing one heterogeneous population with other, or with many other heterogeneous populations, where the researcher picks out one item among the myriad…
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