'“...the experts,” like Fauci, were treated as super-political gods, even as everything about their advice and the media’s presentation of that advice was intrinsically political.' This is an excellent observation.
'And so Fauci, starting with AIDS, had free reign...'
That should be 'rein', but in this case the alternative is pretty darn appropriate.
If the National Weather Service were as corrupt as the CDC, the US economy would have been destroyed long ago. Where there is no room for theatrics, public institutions have to be run competently.
The plywood industry would make a killing. It’s a bit interesting to imagine how we would deal with hurricanes in absence of computers. Or even in absence of news - an every-man/family-for-themselves system. I mean I’ve seen how the sky looks as they approach...
IQ is funny. I think mine is accurate, in so far as it affirms that I topped out in math after calculus, but also am really good at rock paper scissors. Like I score exactly the IQ for those two traits.
Right, and to defend IQ in general I would say that is isn’t really measuring intelligence in practice, despite the name, just propensity to “Do School Good.” As in, that is the measure by which the test is validated. But at the same time that’s why I find it funny that I feel like the test really “gets me,” haha. And I’m actually horrible at Doing School.
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Holy cow, the easiest Unglossed read yet. A great deal of agreement here in Bedrock. The question remains. For how long can nonsense and non-science® persist? When will the already available tsunami of empirical data overwhelm the moronic psychosis?
I'll take both sides here. The key was to not defer, but the media is the reason we did. It may not be possible to restore nominal liberty without physically shutting down the MSM apparatus, though at the moment things look more wait-it-out, War-on-Terror-y.
I will say, something didn't feel right when all of the daily COVID briefings involved reporters asking questions rather than doctors. Why not have the actual practicing physicians and researchers be the ones to ask questions and disseminate information rather than go through the histrionics of the media?
I have to confess to having no impressions of any of the pandemic news coverage, because I never watched a minute of it. I was on team “If I get Covid” Guy from day 1. And already red-pilled about the media from the years before.
I wish I was as steadfast. At the beginning I said "well, I want to get it and get it over with", but I must admit I fell into the hysteria for the first few months. I think by the summer things really did not sit well with me and I began revising some of my thinking. Of course, without the help of the mainstream media.
No, you are correct and I saw that in my own lab as well. But what I'm arguing is that if you at least want to create the façade of following science wouldn't you at least provide a better performance piece by using doctors and scientists? Instead you have reporters who have to fumble their way around "dur, can you explain antibodies Dr. Fauci?"
'“...the experts,” like Fauci, were treated as super-political gods, even as everything about their advice and the media’s presentation of that advice was intrinsically political.' This is an excellent observation.
'And so Fauci, starting with AIDS, had free reign...'
That should be 'rein', but in this case the alternative is pretty darn appropriate.
Ah, thank you - for some reason my spellcheck red-underlined it, which isn’t helpful in pointing out a grammar conflict.
In this case you could call it an intentional error in service of irony.
If the National Weather Service were as corrupt as the CDC, the US economy would have been destroyed long ago. Where there is no room for theatrics, public institutions have to be run competently.
The plywood industry would make a killing. It’s a bit interesting to imagine how we would deal with hurricanes in absence of computers. Or even in absence of news - an every-man/family-for-themselves system. I mean I’ve seen how the sky looks as they approach...
Heatwaves, floods and tornadoes kill more people than hurricanes - so better keep a look out for those as well.
IQ is funny. I think mine is accurate, in so far as it affirms that I topped out in math after calculus, but also am really good at rock paper scissors. Like I score exactly the IQ for those two traits.
Right, and to defend IQ in general I would say that is isn’t really measuring intelligence in practice, despite the name, just propensity to “Do School Good.” As in, that is the measure by which the test is validated. But at the same time that’s why I find it funny that I feel like the test really “gets me,” haha. And I’m actually horrible at Doing School.
Holy cow, the easiest Unglossed read yet. A great deal of agreement here in Bedrock. The question remains. For how long can nonsense and non-science® persist? When will the already available tsunami of empirical data overwhelm the moronic psychosis?
The media was always the
virus.
I'll take both sides here. The key was to not defer, but the media is the reason we did. It may not be possible to restore nominal liberty without physically shutting down the MSM apparatus, though at the moment things look more wait-it-out, War-on-Terror-y.
I will say, something didn't feel right when all of the daily COVID briefings involved reporters asking questions rather than doctors. Why not have the actual practicing physicians and researchers be the ones to ask questions and disseminate information rather than go through the histrionics of the media?
I have to confess to having no impressions of any of the pandemic news coverage, because I never watched a minute of it. I was on team “If I get Covid” Guy from day 1. And already red-pilled about the media from the years before.
I wish I was as steadfast. At the beginning I said "well, I want to get it and get it over with", but I must admit I fell into the hysteria for the first few months. I think by the summer things really did not sit well with me and I began revising some of my thinking. Of course, without the help of the mainstream media.
No, you are correct and I saw that in my own lab as well. But what I'm arguing is that if you at least want to create the façade of following science wouldn't you at least provide a better performance piece by using doctors and scientists? Instead you have reporters who have to fumble their way around "dur, can you explain antibodies Dr. Fauci?"
Profoundly. Sadly.
Nice article Brian! I wish The Real Anthony Fauci was required reading for our current medical school students.
I appreciated it much more than I thought I would. I actually followed up on many if not most of the footnotes.
I support this requirement, as well as mandatory automatic donation of .5% of their future income to my Paypal.