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The Worst Attempt To Defend Scientism I Ever Heard
A public radio station hosts what they call "The Academic Minute", a name which signals you are in for sixty seconds of pain. This was so in a minute from…
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If We Cannot Reject Woke Premises (Like Equality), We Must Suffer Their Logical Conclusions
This paper is going around: "A Pediatrician’s Manifesto for the Modernization of Gender Medicine", by Erica Li. About the "queering" of medicine. The author is against it, as am I,…
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Academics Fear People. They Study Them & Wish They Could Shut Them Up
We are going to explore, in a series of posts, the Mind of The Academic. There is much to say on this depressing-yet-amusing topic, which by itself is worthy of…
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It Will Soon Be Impossible For You Not To Be Sick, Even If You’re Healthy
It's too late for you, doomed reader. You know I love you, but I may have killed you. This makes me sad. Unless you are one of my despised enemies.…
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Did The Covid Vax, Or Any Vax, Cause ADHD or Autism? Steve Kirsch’s Survey Data Analyzed
This site is mirrored at Substack for those who prefer that format. Introduction Steve Kirsch ran a survey asking parents to say about their kids how many vaccinations of all…
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The Taboos & Magical Beliefs Of Primitives And Science
Background Our subject is taboos and magic, but given the source material, a bit of background might be welcomed by some. If you are in a hurry, skip right to…
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Experts: The Coronadoom Vax Only Worked If You Got It At Lunch
Nature headline: "Timing matters for COVID vaccine effectiveness: Younger and older people gained greater protection if they had their jabs in the middle of the day." Good joke: "Went from…
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What Magic Tells Us About Propaganda & The End Of The Coronadoom Panic
The coronadoom panic came to its ignominious official end last week. A panic created, embraced, exacerbated, and perpetuated by elites, rulers and Experts. Especially Experts. I was on long drive,…