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		yaacov on Aug 22, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apocalypse Never Slide Deck It’s defamation to link to the author’s wiki page?

jdthedisciple on Aug 22, 2021 [–]

Of course not, but let's not play pretend, "this is the guy who back's this stuff" is a typical way to try and discredit a message by discrediting its author.

binaryorganic on Aug 22, 2021 | [–]

Learning that someone has conflicts of interest and regularly distorts science directly correlates to my trusting their message

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