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Re:So much of academia is about connections and reputation l... by kthxbye123 on Friday May 15, 2020 @07:44PM (#23198865)
It would not have "been cleared up", because the CEA didn't make an honest mistake, it was a deliberate attempt to seed disinformation in order to support the President's political agenda.
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Re:So much of academia is about connections and reputation l... by ahdeanz on Friday May 15, 2020 @08:30PM (#23199183)
Exactly. It was the epidemiological modeling equivalent of suggesting we all inject disinfectant. Only it was worse because it was politically motivated instead of solely stupid.
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Re:So much of academia is about connections and reputation l... by arkades on Friday May 15, 2020 @07:53PM (#23198928)
There's a subset of people that would prefer to think that the halls of power are manned by morons, rather than the criminally selfish.

I don't know what that says about any of us.

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Re:So much of academia is about connections and reputation l... by cossatot on Friday May 15, 2020 @09:08PM (#23199464)
Malice and stupidity are not mutually exclusive.
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