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Ask Amber [advice Column]: 10 Weight Loss Tips That Truly Work Do This Immediately if You Have Ringing Ears Cholera is a bacterial disease that produces severe and persistent diarrhea, leading to potentially fatal dehydration. It is almost unknown in the United States, but we seem to have entered an age of “intellectual cholera,” in which illogical, irrational, and absurd arguments and assertions are draining our society of its vital cerebral fluids.
Perhaps the ultimate example of intellectual diarrhea has come from Joe Biden and Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm’s assertion that climate change may have been a meaningful factor in the horrific building collapse in Southern Florida. Of course, the statement neither can be proved nor disproved, so it substitutes narrative and promotion for reason and logic. It seems to assert that climate change is such a malign force that it could selectively impact a single building while sparing millions of others. Never mind such trivialities as construction, maintenance, soil composition, etc. The mind boggles at the astounding hubris of the assertion.
At least we can take some comfort that those politicians are non-scientists. Science is crucial, as during the pandemic when it largely guided policy, calling our attention to things like clinical trials that demonstrated the safety and effectiveness of vaccines and refuted the value of hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19 (and demonstrated that it could cause serious side effects). It also provided some essential baseline approaches to minimize damage from the virus, though politicians too often overreacted or blundered .
But what about acknowledging the limits of altering biology? An individual’s desired lifestyle can only change biology so much, even with medical intervention. If we accept the need for separate women’s athletics, should not science proclaim that it is nonsensical to applaud biological males competing with biological women? Can science be valued or ignored on a whim or along with the political breeze? Just flush the intellectual commode and push on.
Other victims of intellectual diarrhea are scientific evidence and statistics. The pandemic offered many the chance to claim “expert” status in the absence of sufficient knowledge and evidence. […]
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They’re Trying to Shut Us Down
Over the last several months, I’ve lost count of how many times the powers-that-be have tried to shut us down. They’ve sent hackers at us, forcing us to take extreme measures on web security. They sent attorneys after us, but thankfully we’re not easily intimidated by baseless accusations or threats. They’ve even gone so far as to make physical threats. Those can actually be a bit worrisome but Remington has me covered.
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