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Re:A pro-science, pro-progress, techno-optimistic health tex... by aphantastic on Thursday December 05, 2024 @12:50PM (#42330529)
He’ll head the Department of Health and Human Services soon, little use debating what his position is here when we will see it play out soon.

I do recommend you read his book, https://lfpl.overdrive.com/media/6093658, it seems you are of the misconception that a paper being retracted is a statement that it is false. In reality, it’s a statement that state officials (sponsored by big pharma) have threatened the livelihood of the author and/or publisher. It’s extortion, not science.

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Re:A pro-science, pro-progress, techno-optimistic health tex... by dekhn on Thursday December 05, 2024 @03:53PM (#42332622)
I'm sorry but I refuse to argue with people on the internet who think retractions are because the state threatened an author.

Further, I'm not going to read RFK's book. I place it in the same category as 9/11 Truthers- not even worthy of inspection.

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Re:A pro-science, pro-progress, techno-optimistic health tex... by aphantastic on Thursday December 05, 2024 @04:58PM (#42333274)
Ah. Well that tells me all I need to know about your intellectual honesty.
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