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"n the early aughts a certain author became notorious"

I'm embarrassed to say I can't figure out who this is.

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The verb has had more impact than the author, though I guess soon the verb will be fully obsolete and point-by-point rebuttals will just be a new kind of Tik Tok meme https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Fisk

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There should be a cost for producing drivel like that produced by an assistant professor of immunology at a university, Jennifer T Grier.

And a reward for the person revealing the drivel. Or eviscerating it as you did here.

It should damage the drivel author's professional life. Three strikes and you're out kind of deal. This is not a mistake, it's deceitful at best propaganda. I've had enough.

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In retrospect, the "it will be novel forever" trope was such a sordid scam.

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