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Briggs ==> Not even being a real expert with a PhD more prestigious than they will save you from the Ministry of Truth if your facts or opinions run contrary to Official Truth.

Think Will Happer. or now even John Ioannidis ( https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-ioannidis-affair-a-tale-of-major-scientific-overreaction/ SciAm bravely published that defense, then backpedaled when the Ministry came for them...... )

Or even YOU! (Who, according to the Ministry, know absolutely nothing about statistics....)

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They at SciAm would never pass up on the prestige of becoming official Experts.

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