Comment by Shadur-don't-feed-the-AI on Did Covid vaccines massively increase...
Note that proponents of these types of conspiracy theories don't just overlook the COVID19 pandemic as an actual cause of excess deaths, they're actively trying to imply and suggest that the pandemic...
View ArticleComment by Shadur-don't-feed-the-AI on Was Twitter "Throttling" certain...
The exact section you reference points out that Weiss' assertions were wrong - at best, a poor understanding of the facts; at worst, a deliberate misreading and partial release.
View ArticleComment by Shadur-don't-feed-the-AI on Is Leon Eisenberg the "inventor" (or...
Short answer: No, because unless you're a malicious biochemist you don't "invent" diseases or disorders. He probably wasn't even the first to discover ADHD, just the first to formally document and...
View ArticleComment by Shadur-don't-feed-the-AI on Is ADHD a fictitious disease?
@Fizz He's not the "inventor" of ADHD any more than we call Sir Isaac Newton the "inventor" of gravity or the Three Laws of motion. ADHD existed well long before he was born; he probably wasn't even...
View ArticleComment by Shadur-don't-feed-the-AI on Is ADHD a fictitious disease?
I'm kind of confused why Snopes would rate it "mostly true" when it's blatantly obvious that translating it as 'fictitious' rather than 'manufactured-by-external-factors' is engaging in some severe...
View ArticleComment by Shadur-don't-feed-the-AI on Were Jews ever subjected to any...
"Why, where I grew up we weren't none of us any racist at all, all this talk of racism is just nonsense." -- every single racist grandma who insists she isn't.
View ArticleComment by Shadur-don't-feed-the-AI on Is the leaked Aiden Hale "manifesto"...
The problem with the question is that the allegation is heavily implied to be factual by Crowder, despite the fact that it's entirely unproven (and probably unprovable), and his entire argument is...
View ArticleComment by Shadur-don't-feed-the-AI on Did Henry Kissinger say "it may be...
@OwenReynolds Kissinger's influence on foreign policy was one of the main reasons that it was routinely fatal, especially for developing countries.
View ArticleComment by Shadur-don't-feed-the-AI on Do one in three public school students...
Making "A sarcastic point" in an actual legal bill is like using slurs "Ironically" -- nobody who it affects is likely to assume you're acting in good faith, and sooner or later the "sarcastic" bit...
View ArticleComment by Shadur-don't-feed-the-AI on Is closed-source code more secure than...
@jwenting I'm pretty sure at this point in time cryptography has evolved well beyond the point where a homebrew "but unknown" encryption algorithm is even remotely more secure than, say, ECDSA.
View ArticleAnswer by Shadur-don't-feed-the-AI for Does the Karpen Pile work, producing...
This probably isn't a "proof" answer like you're asking in the question, but aside from the "we can't put it into an exposition because we can't afford security" line it sounds suspicious as hell --...
View ArticleAnswer by Shadur-don't-feed-the-AI for Is the WHO tetanus vaccination...
Short answer: No.Long answer: First, as you may notice, the CCPLNS article does not reference any other news source aside from a follow-up on the same site saying that the Kenyan authorities are...
View ArticleAnswer by Shadur-don't-feed-the-AI for Is DRM effective?
Short answer: No.Long answer: You need to look at the definition of "effective". Does it accomplish the purpose of preventing people from pirating the game it protects? Sometimes. And even then,...
View ArticleAnswer by Shadur-don't-feed-the-AI for Did Kim Davis just want her name...
The New York Times reported:The clerk, Kim Davis of Rowan County, Ky., was ordered detained forcontempt of court and later rejected a proposal to allow her deputiesto process same-sex marriage licenses...
View ArticleAnswer by Shadur-don't-feed-the-AI for Were students "forced to recite 'Allah...
A quick google check for "tennessee schools allah is the only god" yields a link to snopes.com which does a pretty good job at laying out why this claim is false: This isn't the first time a similar...
View ArticleAnswer by Shadur-don't-feed-the-AI for Was the Obama administration...
TL;DRTrump has several key details wrong or incomplete.1. Did the Obama administration have any say in the decision to move the embassy?A quick google search on "US Embassy London Moved" gets you the...
View ArticleAnswer by Shadur-don't-feed-the-AI for Is asymptomatic spread of SARS-CoV-2...
Disclosure up front: I am related to one of the authors of this article, which is why I'm aware of its existence in the first place.This is an (as of yet still awaiting peer review) study of the...
View ArticleAnswer by Shadur-don't-feed-the-AI for Has Trump been nominated for the Nobel...
EDIT Never mind, didn't check the date. His 2018 nomination was forged, as was his 2017 one. No information on the 2019 one.Apparently, no:(NYT link, which means occasional paywall. I'll paste excerpts...
View ArticleAnswer by Shadur-don't-feed-the-AI for Do vote counts for Joe Biden in the...
TL;DR: No they don't; Benford's Law doesn't apply like that to begin with and the analysis was done badly.Over on twitter, Dr. Jen Golbeck finally lost her temper after one too many poorly sourced...
View ArticleAnswer by Shadur-don't-feed-the-AI for Are over 20 of the US Navy SEALs who...
Like most conspiracy theories, this claim is unfalsifiable.The identities of the SEALs involved in the assault on Bin Laden's compound were not released to the press or the public -- in fact, the one...
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