Government Misinformation on Australian Excess Mortality

Written by Dr Wilson Sy

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has deviated from international standards of calculating excess deaths during the pandemic (based on 2015-19 average) by using computer
models ‘adjusted’ for factors like population growth, resulting in significantly lower statistics

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Low Verbal IQ Predictor of Politically Correct Authoritarianism

Written by John Leake

In an 1817 collection of essays titled Characters of Shakespeare’s Plays, the English literary critic, William Hazlitt, argued that what made Shakespeare such a great writer was that his characters are perfectly natural—that is, motivated by complex and often conflicting emotions that they often struggle to resolve

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NHS Waiting Lists – Don’t Mention Lockdown

Written by Alex Kriel

I think the lively election ‘debate’ over NHS waiting lists provides an excellent illustration of the way in which false narratives can be created and then acted out by politicians colluding on both sides of the political divide.

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