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  1. @mcspocky Scientists should ‘chase’ every #science conference planned in #Florida , #Alabama and #Louisiana *out* of those backward states and *to* states that value science, not #pseudoscience.

    #Resist ignorance in #USpol with #ElbowsUp.

  2. @mcspocky Scientists should ‘chase’ every #science conference planned in #Florida , #Alabama and #Louisiana *out* of those backward states and *to* states that value science, not #pseudoscience.

    #Resist ignorance in #USpol with #ElbowsUp.

  3. How To Determine The Risks and Benefits of Each Vaccine — A Midwestern Doctor

    Knowing how vaccines work is necessary for understanding which ones are likely to help, which ones are likely to harm, and the forgotten alternatives to immunization they medical industry buried.

    Story at a Glance:

    • The vaccine industry has largely escaped scrutiny because of the belief that “vaccines are safe and effective”—a slogan that treats every vaccine as an identical good and discourages any examination of how vaccines are actually made or how sharply their individual risks and benefits differ.
    • Here I will review the foundational principles of vaccine design and the clinical implications that I believe are essential for understanding why these products so often fail to live up to their promises and have major safety issues.
    • Building upon this, I will show how the actual risks and benefits of a vaccine can be calculated (something medicine almost never computes) and why many commonly administered ones rest on very shaky ground that makes it hard to ever justify giving them to anyone.
    • I will also review numerous core principles of immunology that virtually never enter the vaccine discussion and help to explain why vaccines cause so many different immunological issues.
    • With this framework, I will provide a guide to assist you in determining the risks and benefit of each vaccine on the CDC schedule and tools for identifying the most toxic and unecessary ones.
    • Medicine’s religious focus on vaccines has covered up the fact many safe natural alternatives to vaccines exist which can prevent a variety of complex illnesses. Likewise, much in the same way a few vaccines have been used to treat challenging chronic conditions (e.g., cancer, diabetes, shingles, fibromyalgia), forgotten natural therapies have been as well that both eliminate chronic debilitating illnesses, and provide completely safe methods to make populations immune to problematic infectious diseases.

    link

    #analysis #antiScience #corruption #fraud #history #medicalScience #poison #pseudoscience #weaponry
  4. How To Determine The Risks and Benefits of Each Vaccine — A Midwestern Doctor

    Knowing how vaccines work is necessary for understanding which ones are likely to help, which ones are likely to harm, and the forgotten alternatives to immunization they medical industry buried.

    Story at a Glance:

    • The vaccine industry has largely escaped scrutiny because of the belief that “vaccines are safe and effective”—a slogan that treats every vaccine as an identical good and discourages any examination of how vaccines are actually made or how sharply their individual risks and benefits differ.
    • Here I will review the foundational principles of vaccine design and the clinical implications that I believe are essential for understanding why these products so often fail to live up to their promises and have major safety issues.
    • Building upon this, I will show how the actual risks and benefits of a vaccine can be calculated (something medicine almost never computes) and why many commonly administered ones rest on very shaky ground that makes it hard to ever justify giving them to anyone.
    • I will also review numerous core principles of immunology that virtually never enter the vaccine discussion and help to explain why vaccines cause so many different immunological issues.
    • With this framework, I will provide a guide to assist you in determining the risks and benefit of each vaccine on the CDC schedule and tools for identifying the most toxic and unecessary ones.
    • Medicine’s religious focus on vaccines has covered up the fact many safe natural alternatives to vaccines exist which can prevent a variety of complex illnesses. Likewise, much in the same way a few vaccines have been used to treat challenging chronic conditions (e.g., cancer, diabetes, shingles, fibromyalgia), forgotten natural therapies have been as well that both eliminate chronic debilitating illnesses, and provide completely safe methods to make populations immune to problematic infectious diseases.

    link

    #analysis #antiScience #corruption #fraud #history #medicalScience #poison #pseudoscience #weaponry
  5. #pseudoscience

    "How to spot pseudoscience

    Pseudoscientific ideas – and the hacks and hucksters who often benefit from them – are certainly nothing new. But in the age of AI slop and unregulated social media platforms, ideas dressed up in the language of science but lacking its methods and rigour have perhaps never been so ubiquitous. Defining what makes an enquiry scientific, and therefore demarcating it from pseudoscience, has actually proved quite difficult, even for scientists and philosophers of science. However, in this TED-Ed animation, Siska De Baerdemaeker, a researcher and philosopher of cosmology at Stockholm University, argues that there is a fairly simple, three-pronged approach that pretty much anyone can adopt to test if a claim is truly scientific, or merely trying to sound the part."

    aeon.co/videos/three-handy-too

  6. #pseudoscience

    "How to spot pseudoscience

    Pseudoscientific ideas – and the hacks and hucksters who often benefit from them – are certainly nothing new. But in the age of AI slop and unregulated social media platforms, ideas dressed up in the language of science but lacking its methods and rigour have perhaps never been so ubiquitous. Defining what makes an enquiry scientific, and therefore demarcating it from pseudoscience, has actually proved quite difficult, even for scientists and philosophers of science. However, in this TED-Ed animation, Siska De Baerdemaeker, a researcher and philosopher of cosmology at Stockholm University, argues that there is a fairly simple, three-pronged approach that pretty much anyone can adopt to test if a claim is truly scientific, or merely trying to sound the part."

    aeon.co/videos/three-handy-too

  7. New research claims human emissions are not driving atmospheric CO2

    A paper by Dai Ato ran multiple linear regressions for 1959 to 2022, testing two predictors of the annual CO2 increase: sea surface temperature and human emissions.

    The result was clear: when the oceans warmed, CO2 levels rose almost exactly in step – about two to three parts per million for every one degree Celsius of warming.

    Adding human emissions to the model didn’t change the outcome.

    Using only ocean temperature, the model reproduced global CO2 levels with near-perfect accuracy – a correlation of 0.995 and an error of just one to two ppm by 2022.

    The main factor governing the annual increase in atmospheric CO2 concentration is sea surface temperature rather than human emissions.

    Earlier studies have shown the same pattern. Temperature changes first, CO2 follows.

    If Ato is correct, cutting human emissions won’t lower atmospheric CO2 because it’s the oceans that set the pace.

    link

    The top 3.5 meters of ocean contain as much heat as the entire atmosphere. We know oceans are heated at abyssal depths. The earth’s core is 9,800°F. No money to be made in cooling the ocean or the earth’s core. Ergo, Big Money rules Big Climate ‘Science’, just as it does Big Medical ‘Science’, Big Media, Big Government, Big Globalism, all the Big BS out there. What’s worse is the US Senate has just proved USA is ruled by Big Israel. ABN

    #antiAmerican #antiScience #BigGovt #BigMedia #BigMoney #BigPharma #corruption #pseudoscience #usurpation
  8. When I was twelve, I found a book about reading auras and thought I was about to unlock my superhero era. I stared at mirrors, my mom, and one annoying boy at school. Nothing happened. Years later, I found out it was pseudoscience. Tiny Aubrey was robbed. #aura #pseudoscience #science #book

    aubreyclark.me/that-time-i-tho

  9. When I was twelve, I found a book about reading auras and thought I was about to unlock my superhero era. I stared at mirrors, my mom, and one annoying boy at school. Nothing happened. Years later, I found out it was pseudoscience. Tiny Aubrey was robbed. #aura #pseudoscience #science #book

    aubreyclark.me/that-time-i-tho

  10. Ruth Norman, who died OTD in 1993, developed an interest in psychic phenomena and past-life regression, she co-founded the Unarius Academy of Science cromwell-intl.com/travel/usa/g #pseudoscience #paranormal #travel #NewYorkCity

  11. Ruth Norman, who died OTD in 1993, developed an interest in psychic phenomena and past-life regression, she co-founded the Unarius Academy of Science cromwell-intl.com/travel/usa/g #pseudoscience #paranormal #travel #NewYorkCity

  12. Ah, the magical world of #pseudoscience 🍄✨, where an 80-year-old woman with Alzheimer's gobbles shrooms and—surprise!—finds her voice again. Because who needs decades of medical research when you have "personalized microdosing" and a sprinkle of wishful thinking? 🙄🔮
    microdos.in/en/research/alzhei #microdosing #mushrooms #wishfulthinking #HackerNews #ngated

  13. Ah, the magical world of #pseudoscience 🍄✨, where an 80-year-old woman with Alzheimer's gobbles shrooms and—surprise!—finds her voice again. Because who needs decades of medical research when you have "personalized microdosing" and a sprinkle of wishful thinking? 🙄🔮
    microdos.in/en/research/alzhei #microdosing #mushrooms #wishfulthinking #HackerNews #ngated

  14. #pseudoscience #anthropology #archeology

    (This lecture is an excellent debunking of racist, self-proclaimed "anthropologist", Youtube influencer Robert Sepehr. No AI was used in production.)

    "Robert Sepehr is a Grifter

    Unfortunately we find ourselves once again delving into wingnut territory.

    The Robert Sepehr is a Shoddy Student Foundation Donation Link:
    • Rick Roll (Different link + no ads)

    Companion Video:
    • Robert Sepehr's Weird Cult Brigaded my Cha...

    My previous Video:
    Robert Sepehr is a Bad "Anthropologist"
    • Robert Sepehr is a Bad "Anthropologist"

    Channels you must check out:
    / creationmyths
    / @drjoelduff

    (. . .)

    Key moments

    (various thumbnails)"

    youtube.com/watch?v=yA2jgf9cmxI

  15. #pseudoscience #anthropology #archeology

    (This lecture is an excellent debunking of racist, self-proclaimed "anthropologist", Youtube influencer Robert Sepehr. No AI was used in production.)

    "Robert Sepehr is a Grifter

    Unfortunately we find ourselves once again delving into wingnut territory.

    The Robert Sepehr is a Shoddy Student Foundation Donation Link:
    • Rick Roll (Different link + no ads)

    Companion Video:
    • Robert Sepehr's Weird Cult Brigaded my Cha...

    My previous Video:
    Robert Sepehr is a Bad "Anthropologist"
    • Robert Sepehr is a Bad "Anthropologist"

    Channels you must check out:
    / creationmyths
    / @drjoelduff

    (. . .)

    Key moments

    (various thumbnails)"

    youtube.com/watch?v=yA2jgf9cmxI

  16. Major study blames iPhones for collapsing birth rate — Peter St Onge

    It’s a cute hypothesis, but in fact conservatives are having as many kids as the 1980’s.

    It’s liberal ideology that’s eating the kids.

    #analysis #communism #mindControl #pseudoscience #psychology #technology
  17. Major study blames iPhones for collapsing birth rate — Peter St Onge

    It’s a cute hypothesis, but in fact conservatives are having as many kids as the 1980’s.

    It’s liberal ideology that’s eating the kids.

    #analysis #communism #mindControl #pseudoscience #psychology #technology
  18. Trans vegan cult member charged with murder over New Year’s Eve execution of parents in Philadelphia

    A member of the trans vegan ‘death cult’ has been charged with the brutal murder of her parents on her 30th birthday in Philadelphia.

    Michelle Zajko, 33, has been accused of the murder of Richard and Rita Zajko, who were gunned down on December 31, 2022.

    Zajko, who is transitioning from female to male, was found to have ties to the so-called Zizians. The group, many of which being transgender, are known to be ‘rationalist’ vegans who are said to hold ideological beliefs about transhumanism and animal rights.

    A string of brutal and deadly incidents followed alleged members of the Zizians, including an attack on an 80-year-old man who later died. 

    The charges against Zajko come after a neighbor’s doorbell footage from the New Year’s Eve murder captured a voice shouting, ‘Mom!’ and another who was heard exclaiming, ‘Oh my god! Oh, God, God!’

    Zajko had allegedly received a text message from her mother who was looking to mend their relationship after they had become estranged earlier that year, according to Rouse.

    The couple’s bodies were discovered on January 2, 2023, in their Pennsylvania home 

    link

    #antiScience #crime #pseudoscience #psychology #religion
  19. Trans vegan cult member charged with murder over New Year’s Eve execution of parents in Philadelphia

    A member of the trans vegan ‘death cult’ has been charged with the brutal murder of her parents on her 30th birthday in Philadelphia.

    Michelle Zajko, 33, has been accused of the murder of Richard and Rita Zajko, who were gunned down on December 31, 2022.

    Zajko, who is transitioning from female to male, was found to have ties to the so-called Zizians. The group, many of which being transgender, are known to be ‘rationalist’ vegans who are said to hold ideological beliefs about transhumanism and animal rights.

    A string of brutal and deadly incidents followed alleged members of the Zizians, including an attack on an 80-year-old man who later died. 

    The charges against Zajko come after a neighbor’s doorbell footage from the New Year’s Eve murder captured a voice shouting, ‘Mom!’ and another who was heard exclaiming, ‘Oh my god! Oh, God, God!’

    Zajko had allegedly received a text message from her mother who was looking to mend their relationship after they had become estranged earlier that year, according to Rouse.

    The couple’s bodies were discovered on January 2, 2023, in their Pennsylvania home 

    link

    #antiScience #crime #pseudoscience #psychology #religion
  20. Five Mistakes in the Science That Gave Rise to the ‘HIV’ Myth

    For over four decades, the prevailing narrative surrounding AIDS has centered on the HIV virus as its primary cause, as posited by governments and health organizations worldwide. Despite this consensus, alternative theories have been largely suppressed or marginalized. In his book *The Real Anthony Fauci*, Robert Kennedy Jr. highlights the extensive body of evidence supporting these dissenting views, including over 900 references to academic literature. While some praise this work, critics argue that the endorsements come from lesser-known figures in the scientific community. One notable exception is the late Luc Montagnier, the Nobel Prize-winning researcher credited with discovering HIV, who acknowledged the presence of “many untruths” in the mainstream narrative about AIDS and supported Kennedy’s claims, suggesting that the understanding of AIDS and its causes is more complex than originally thought.

    Montagnier’s own perspectives on the relationship between HIV and AIDS have evolved over time. In a 1992 interview, he indicated that HIV infection did not necessarily lead to AIDS and that other factors might contribute to the disease’s development. This sentiment echoes the views of other dissident scientists, such as Professor Peter Duesberg, who argued that recreational drug use was a significant factor in the early AIDS cases, rather than HIV itself. Duesberg’s critiques prompted significant backlash from the scientific community, which maintained a strong consensus on the HIV/AIDS connection. The UK’s Chief Medical Officer and other health authorities condemned dissenting views as potentially dangerous misinformation, reinforcing the prevailing narrative that linked HIV infection directly to AIDS.

    One of the most significant challenges to the HIV/AIDS paradigm emerged from a 1993 paper published in *Bio/Technology*, which argued that the HIV tests used for diagnosis were never scientifically validated. This paper suggested that the antibodies detected in patients could be due to immune system abnormalities rather than the presence of HIV. The authors contended that the tests were based on circular reasoning, as they were designed to react with antibodies in AIDS patients without proving that these antibodies were specific to HIV. This argument revealed a critical flaw in the scientific basis for HIV testing and the resultant diagnosis of AIDS, casting doubt on the validity of the entire HIV/AIDS narrative.

    Despite the overwhelming financial and political investments in the HIV/AIDS model, various researchers, including the Perth group led by Eleni Papadopulos-Eleopulos, have continued to challenge the established view. Their work identified five key mistakes in the foundational science, including the misinterpretation of reverse transcriptase activity and the failure to isolate and purify HIV particles. Additionally, they argued that the correlation between HIV and AIDS is artificial, stemming from the nature of the tests rather than a clear causal relationship. Their findings suggest that lifestyle factors, such as drug use and certain sexual practices, may be more relevant to the observed health crises than the presence of a virus. Despite decades of criticism and censorship, the critiques and alternative explanations offered by these researchers call for a reevaluation of the HIV/AIDS framework and its implications for public health and treatment strategies, potentially benefiting millions in the process.

    link

    __________

    The above is an AI summary offered by the website which has posted the full article. The summary is a convenience for interested readers. Coincidentally, to my knowledge, Fauci is widely believed to have had as large a role in the ‘HIV myth’ as he has had in the covid-19 scamdemic. It is possible Fauci will be revealed to be the most successful psychopathic medical murderer in world history. ABN

    #abn #analysis #antiAmerican #antiScience #fraud #history #medicalScience #pseudoscience
  21. Five Mistakes in the Science That Gave Rise to the ‘HIV’ Myth

    For over four decades, the prevailing narrative surrounding AIDS has centered on the HIV virus as its primary cause, as posited by governments and health organizations worldwide. Despite this consensus, alternative theories have been largely suppressed or marginalized. In his book *The Real Anthony Fauci*, Robert Kennedy Jr. highlights the extensive body of evidence supporting these dissenting views, including over 900 references to academic literature. While some praise this work, critics argue that the endorsements come from lesser-known figures in the scientific community. One notable exception is the late Luc Montagnier, the Nobel Prize-winning researcher credited with discovering HIV, who acknowledged the presence of “many untruths” in the mainstream narrative about AIDS and supported Kennedy’s claims, suggesting that the understanding of AIDS and its causes is more complex than originally thought.

    Montagnier’s own perspectives on the relationship between HIV and AIDS have evolved over time. In a 1992 interview, he indicated that HIV infection did not necessarily lead to AIDS and that other factors might contribute to the disease’s development. This sentiment echoes the views of other dissident scientists, such as Professor Peter Duesberg, who argued that recreational drug use was a significant factor in the early AIDS cases, rather than HIV itself. Duesberg’s critiques prompted significant backlash from the scientific community, which maintained a strong consensus on the HIV/AIDS connection. The UK’s Chief Medical Officer and other health authorities condemned dissenting views as potentially dangerous misinformation, reinforcing the prevailing narrative that linked HIV infection directly to AIDS.

    One of the most significant challenges to the HIV/AIDS paradigm emerged from a 1993 paper published in *Bio/Technology*, which argued that the HIV tests used for diagnosis were never scientifically validated. This paper suggested that the antibodies detected in patients could be due to immune system abnormalities rather than the presence of HIV. The authors contended that the tests were based on circular reasoning, as they were designed to react with antibodies in AIDS patients without proving that these antibodies were specific to HIV. This argument revealed a critical flaw in the scientific basis for HIV testing and the resultant diagnosis of AIDS, casting doubt on the validity of the entire HIV/AIDS narrative.

    Despite the overwhelming financial and political investments in the HIV/AIDS model, various researchers, including the Perth group led by Eleni Papadopulos-Eleopulos, have continued to challenge the established view. Their work identified five key mistakes in the foundational science, including the misinterpretation of reverse transcriptase activity and the failure to isolate and purify HIV particles. Additionally, they argued that the correlation between HIV and AIDS is artificial, stemming from the nature of the tests rather than a clear causal relationship. Their findings suggest that lifestyle factors, such as drug use and certain sexual practices, may be more relevant to the observed health crises than the presence of a virus. Despite decades of criticism and censorship, the critiques and alternative explanations offered by these researchers call for a reevaluation of the HIV/AIDS framework and its implications for public health and treatment strategies, potentially benefiting millions in the process.

    link

    __________

    The above is an AI summary offered by the website which has posted the full article. The summary is a convenience for interested readers. Coincidentally, to my knowledge, Fauci is widely believed to have had as large a role in the ‘HIV myth’ as he has had in the covid-19 scamdemic. It is possible Fauci will be revealed to be the most successful psychopathic medical murderer in world history. ABN

    #abn #analysis #antiAmerican #antiScience #fraud #history #medicalScience #pseudoscience
  22. US-Gesundheitsminister #RFKJr unterstützt Kliniken, die autistischen Kindern – ab 18 Monaten – unzugelassene #Stammzell-Infusionen aus Nabelschnurblut verkaufen. Bis zu 20.000 $ pro Sitzung, oft mit Ketamin-Sedierung.
    Bisher umfassendste Studie fand kaum signifikante Effekte. Bekannte Risiken: Fieber, Tumorbildung, Infektionen, Immunreaktionen.
    Verzweifelte Eltern zahlen für ein wirkungsloses Verfahren.

    theguardian.com/society/2026/j

    #Autism #USPolitics #Pseudoscience

  23. US-Gesundheitsminister #RFKJr unterstützt Kliniken, die autistischen Kindern – ab 18 Monaten – unzugelassene #Stammzell-Infusionen aus Nabelschnurblut verkaufen. Bis zu 20.000 $ pro Sitzung, oft mit Ketamin-Sedierung.
    Bisher umfassendste Studie fand kaum signifikante Effekte. Bekannte Risiken: Fieber, Tumorbildung, Infektionen, Immunreaktionen.
    Verzweifelte Eltern zahlen für ein wirkungsloses Verfahren.

    theguardian.com/society/2026/j

    #Autism #USPolitics #Pseudoscience

  24. U.S. Senators Mike Lee and Tommy Tuberville (both Republicans, natch) want to limit the FDA's ability to regulate homeopathic (non)remedies.

    sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-b

    #Pseudoscience #Homeopathy #USPol #USPolitics #HealthCare #Fraud

  25. U.S. Senators Mike Lee and Tommy Tuberville (both Republicans, natch) want to limit the FDA's ability to regulate homeopathic (non)remedies.

    sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-b

    #Pseudoscience #Homeopathy #USPol #USPolitics #HealthCare #Fraud

  26. UCLA: How misinformation about archaeology spreads online. “What happens when a 12,000-year-old archaeological site becomes fodder for TikTok videos and the subject of pseudoscientific theories? That’s the sort of question Lara Fabian asks students to wrestle with in a new Fiat Lux seminar.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/05/ucla-how-misinformation-about-archaeology-spreads-online/
  27. UCLA: How misinformation about archaeology spreads online. “What happens when a 12,000-year-old archaeological site becomes fodder for TikTok videos and the subject of pseudoscientific theories? That’s the sort of question Lara Fabian asks students to wrestle with in a new Fiat Lux seminar.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/05/ucla-how-misinformation-about-archaeology-spreads-online/
  28. Charlotte Fowler Wells, who died OTD in 1901, was an early American popularizer of phrenology, using skull bumps to predict mental traits cromwell-intl.com/travel/usa/g #travel #NewYorkCity #pseudoscience

  29. Charlotte Fowler Wells, who died OTD in 1901, was an early American popularizer of phrenology, using skull bumps to predict mental traits cromwell-intl.com/travel/usa/g #travel #NewYorkCity #pseudoscience

  30. Learn why quantum superposition collapses the "zero change" assumption into a logical contradiction. hackernoon.com/quantum-mechani #pseudoscience

  31. Learn why quantum superposition collapses the "zero change" assumption into a logical contradiction. hackernoon.com/quantum-mechani #pseudoscience

  32. I need to find time to write a discursive diagnostic piece on the nonsense that is psychology, especially psychoanalysis.

    👉 philosophics.blog/2026/05/22/f

    Reading Frantz Fanon's Black Skin, White Masks – excellent, by the way – I suggest skipping Chapter 4. It's not bad in itself, but…. I'll keep reading.

    #psychology #philosophy #raceissues #psychoanalysis #pseudoscience #blacklivesmatter #history #blog #podcast #books #reading #fanon #postcolonialism #power #culture #society #perspective #dreams