Quote (Black XistenZ @ Sep 10 2020 07:40am)

And then they decrey everyone who isnt willing to uncritically follow the recommendations and ideas of anyone deemed an "expert" or "scientist" (no matter their actual expertise on the subject, and with no consideration of the actual substance and quality of their recommendations)...

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The paper, which has not been peer-reviewed, failed to account for simultaneous happenings—like schools in South Dakota reopening, among other things—that could have contributed to coronavirus spread in some of the studied areas.

Quote (thesnipa @ 10 Sep 2020 15:03)

to be fair it wasnt peer reviewed, it was just a snappy number stupid media ran with:



The paper was headed in the right direction, tracking inflows to Sturgis nationwide to compare county by county changes in infection rates. if also mentions but fails to control for other relevant factors such as bar/restaurant openings and schools opening. then they skip 10 steps to come with a deeply flawed conclusion.

its like if you draw up a great blueprint for a shed but then while building dont confirm any measurements and end up with a slanted mess of a structure u then claim is perfect.

Quote (Black XistenZ @ Sep 10 2020 08:08am)

And that's the exact definition of junk science. Anyone who's publishing crap like that, no matter if it's peer-reviewed or just a preprint, has no business calling himself a scientist and clogging one of the rare permanent posts in academia.

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President Donald Trump bragged that he protected Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman after the assassination and dismembering of the Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in October 2018.
"I saved his ass," Trump had said amid the US outcry over Khashoggi's killing, according to Bob Woodward's new book. "I was able to get Congress to leave him alone. I was able to get them to stop."

The president told Woodward he didn't believe that MBS ordered Khashoggi's murder, though the US and other foreign intelligence services concluded that he did order the attack.

After Khashoggi's murder, Trump bypassed Congress to sell roughly $8 billion in arms to the Saudis and the United Arab Emirates. He vetoed a trio of resolutions blocking the sale, as well as a resolution to end US support for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen.

Quote (Malignanttumor666 @ Sep 10 2020 03:42pm)

lol Trump says that America did a great on handling the pandemic right after he admits to downplaying it. His nickname should be The Comedian.

Quote (EndlessSky @ Sep 10 2020 05:35pm)

Two things can happen at once. If anything panic makes things worse so it makes perfect sense if you arent still worshipping Hussein Obama