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Sep 21, 2022Liked by Mathew Crawford

Just throwing this out there--it would be interesting to see if a block chain model might enable everyday citizens to groupfund publication of important (underrepresented) science. It would be an incredible change of perspective where silenced research and study could find a voice, supported by a concerned public.

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Bingo!

Just the existence of blockchain based scientific publication will invite a new crowd-funding element in addition to the many other benefits.

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Sep 21, 2022Liked by Mathew Crawford

Very exciting!

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Sep 21, 2022Liked by Mathew Crawford

Another benefit might be speed of publication, bringing urgent scientific findings forward more efficiently. Would be game-changing.

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Absolutely. Most people don't understand the peer-proofread / politics-reviewed model of publication and therefore think of it as the One Inviolate Source Of Truth. Truly groundbreaking intellectual advances have almost always come from individuals operating outside of the established order. The block chain provides an interesting opportunity for us to go back to basics.

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Sep 21, 2022Liked by Mathew Crawford

"I would then throw 92% of the remainder of TED Talks into a dumpster and look around for an accelerant."

I have rarely understood the hype about TED talks. So thank you for this comment.

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This is wicked.

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Sep 21, 2022Liked by Mathew Crawford

Great discussion!

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This is a fantastic discussion, thank you all <3

That video presentation by Kevin is gold as well, thank you for posting that Mathew

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Sorry to hear about Liam's friend's unexpected tragedy.

The experimental rollout was somewhat justified for the most vulnerable - but seemed totally reckless when they started targeting younger & younger people...

Obviously, money was a big motivator, so was the opportunity to further develop the controversial mRNA platform en masse; which would have been difficult to justify per-crisis (a crisis which also seemed deliberately botched at every level...). Also, the Davos crowd saw the jabs as a way to move towards digital IDs via covid passes etc.

But with all these huge conflicts of interest (weaponised by sophisticated narrative control, weapons-grade applied-psychological spin & censorship of dissenting voices) - did anyone at the top actually evaluate the risk factor, or even care about possible consequences...? Or is there indeed darker malfeasance at work here...?

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Sophisticated narrative control really does sum up the last few years. It's not really sophisticated when each piece of the narrative is further scrutinized, but what a tangled web they have woven...These questions you ask I've been also pondering for quite some time, since I can't quite accept the dehumanization component; motive is critical to understand here, yet we may never know. But it seems to me it was a convergence of agendas that saw a ripe opportunity to exploit, enabling to further their individual causes (most commonly profiteering, but also unprecedented data mining, of all types, in addition to instilling more restrictive laws for the state) - and speculation on the intentions just leaves one feeling sad.

But this sort of pro-active conversation regarding solutions is so inspiring, and the path I feel we must pursue. That video of the presentation Kevin gave is an outstanding prototype for amending the most destructive issues with the system without having to tear down the whole system in totality. It's almost a bit ironic that they could have rapidly accelerated mRNA development if they had implemented this type of peer-review system in conjunction with monitoring the rollout of this experimental therapeutic strictly to the most vulnerable. The efficiency gains could have quite possibly outpaced the reckless population-wide approach, as anyone signing on to receiving an experimental product like this would likely be more open to follow-up monitoring for understanding the downstream effects of mRNA injection and delivery. Instead, they will cherry-pick the data they like which can be gleamed from this massive clinical trial. It's terrifying to think of the hubris within the biotech industry multiplying, but it seems like that's what we are about to witness.

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I find in particular censorship to a few technologies that work can make a difference and are not even mentioned anywhere.

And nobody dares to talk about them.

1) Cold Fusion.

Proven to work but Ignored by the Scientific Mainstream

2) Hydrogen from Water Splitting Fuelcells...

Invented By Stanleyx Meyers proven to work and Ignored by the Scientific Mainstream

3) Water as Energy Source

A Multitude of Technologies least of all Prof Daniel Nocera of MIT / Harvard Ignored by the Scientific Mainstream

https://fritzfreud.substack.com/p/prof-daniel-nocera-and-his-artificial

4) Hypersonic Zero Emission Transportation & theoretical Infinite Speed ignored by everyone

https://fritzfreud.substack.com/p/the-future-according-to-fritz-freud

These are solutions, proper solutions, not the Mickey Mouse solutions other people put out.

Why don't you invite me to talk?

I am Game!

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Is this the same "Kevin" who is a founder member of this substack along with Wayne and Steve Kirsch, or another Kevin?

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The only member of this substack is me. I'm not sure what question you're asking, but I did meet Kevin through Steve Kirsch.

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Re: "but I did meet Kevin through Steve Kirsch" So your Kevin is the Kevin who is a founder member of this substack, along with Wayne and of course Steve Kirsch - Wayne reads the technical stuff and Kevin does the rest and they report their joint findings to Steve Kirsch, when they find things of interest which he might have an interest in.

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I don't know who Wayne might be, and Steve has nothing to do with my substack except that I sometimes include him in my writing or link to one of his articles here or there.

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Steve Kirsch created this substack and he has a backdoor into it, which he, Wayne and possibly Kevin use to censor or remove posts which they don't like or approve of and they have the power to shut down anybody they don't want posting on their substack anymore, for whatever reason (Richard Noakes who posted his free salt water cure for viruses, for example, according to posts he has made elsewhere, Steve Kirsch and Wayne questioned him about who owns the patent, if any, where did he get the information, how effective is it, etc), before shutting him out of these substacks altogether and for life - there is a brand name which appears to use the basics of his cure - "First Defender" and probably others too - he posted it, not to make any money out of it, but to save lives with it - frustrating as that must be for him?

I see now that Steve is asking everyone if they used other treatments to avoid getting the virus and to tell him what they did, not I am sure, for their benefit anyway - I have not seen any mention of the feedback Steve has received from that post, or other methods other than the vaccines, so why not, we are, after all, supposed to be in this together, working towards a common goal, not for the advantage of any one person, at any given time, I would have thought, to the exclusion of everyone else, who uses his substack?

Wayne has censored my posts and sometimes still does and Wayne has removed my posts which Steve does not like, because they overshadow Steve and the image he has of himself and how he wants to be seen, by the public in general - he does not want to be put in second place by anyone, especially me and according to what they were saying, Steve himself ordered the plug pulled on Richard Noakes.

From a conversation they were having on this substack, out in the open, which I happened to get directed to, Wayne and Kevin were passing comments back and forwards about me and whether they should terminate me or let me stay.

Kevin wanted to get rid of me, because he did not have the temperament to let me stay and Wayne decided to give me a long rope to hang myself, presumably, with and he decided to let me stay and helped me regain access to my substack which they had locked and I could not access. Kevin said to Wayne that he had more patience than he, Kevin did and he, Kevin, would have canned me.

Wayne is the technical guy and he reads all of the technical stuff posted, while Kevin reads all of the rest and anything of interest they pass up to Steve - Wayne liked the way my mind worked and he liked reading what I posted, because it stimulated his mind and his thinking, whereas Kevin was not motivated that way at all and could not see the attraction.

They have been at it again the last day or so, censoring and removing my posts - my take on that is that they think I have multiple identities which use this substack and it is better to have a handle on this one than try and figure out which of the other identities might be mine and close them down too - especially as I don't show myself up with them, frustrating as that must be.

You are a smart guy, presumably, figure it out for yourself!!

Much Laughter!!

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Tell me more about the game with Peter McCulloch

Gene

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Have you ever heard of the game Seven Degrees of Kevin Bacon?

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Sep 21, 2022Liked by Mathew Crawford

Not that it matters, but I think it’s SIX degrees of Kevin Bacon...

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Oops, you're right. I updated the article to match. That tells you how long it's been since that game was casually on my mind (and the whole six degrees of separation stuff).

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No, just the movie back in the 90’s.

I am retired and catching up on a crazy world.

G

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