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What Does It Mean To Assess Risk Wrong? Coronadoom Example
There is, as de Finetti said, no such thing as probability. So there is no such thing as risk, either, since risk relies upon probability. If there is no such…
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Infections Drop! Experts Baffled! — Coronavirus Update LII
EXPERTOLOGY The Daily Mail headline is that "experts" were "baffled" that coronadoom "cases", by which they mean infections, fell by 50%, and that (in another headlines) they were "plummeting". One…
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What The Heck Is Going On — Guest Post by A. Dismas
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is just one of many extreme theories making the rounds. Even though half the damned planet is locked down, I still don't believe the theory below. I…
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Court Bashes Vax-Or-Starve Dictate; UK Vax Terrible Efficacy Revealed; More — Coronavirus Update CVI
AUSTRIANS CONCENTRATING ON COVID DAYS OF YORE https://twitter.com/paulthacker11/status/1459966534755880963 That which has been is what will be, That which is done is what will be done, And there is nothing new…
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How Will Experts End The Panic They Created? — Coronavirus Update XC
ENDEMICITY I can't do a better job than this article---Why COVID-19 Is Here to Stay, and Why You Shouldn’t Worry About It by Philip Lemoine---on showing you why coronadoom is…
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Is Mandatory Vaccination Against COVID-19 Precautionary? — Guest Post by Jaap Hanekamp
This post originally ran at Hanekamp's own site1. He is a chemist and theologian. My love and I are fortunate enough to have three children, now in their twenties. They…
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The Expansion-Team Effect Guarantees A Plague Of Experts
We've discussed before the expansion-team effect. For newer readers, this is when a sport, like soccer, is gaining in popularity, the enthusiasm leading to the creation of new teams, like…
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Bad Arguments For Lockdowns & The Burden Of Proof. Also: US States Analysis
The burden of proof that lockdowns work is clearly on those imposing and supporting lockdowns. Lockdown skeptics are under no obligation whatsoever to show lockdowns do not work. Lockdowns are…
