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Why do some conspiracy theories change the world - and others vanish into thin air?
I thought I was witnessing the birth of one of the former on Election Night 2024 in Milwaukee. But it didn't quite work out like that.
@talhagin This account (QudsNen) deleted their post after I stuck this note on it. I'll tag other posts of the same video/images that may not be an exact match with a note too, since I see you've already blazed a trail.
https://t.co/eEOAkUO6Nt
"Smokers are immune"
3,5m views & 50k likes
Another one for our @elonmusk will be proud of spreading misinformation series. #ElonMuskWillBeProud
Truth: Smoking DOES NOT protect against Covid-19 or long Covid.
Multiple meta-analyses show current and former smokers have higher risks of severe Covid-19, hospitalization, progression to critical illness, and death (often 30-50% increased risk or odds ratios around 1.2-1.6)
Smoking damages lungs, impairs immune function consistent with worse respiratory outcomes.
Nicotine does not block the spike protein in a clinically meaningful way. Nicotine is harmful and addictive and there is no sound evidence to recommend nicotine patches for long Covid.
This fits a pattern with McCulloughs usual highlighting contrarian or emerging ideas with some basis, but often with less nuance than the broader literature supports. Smoking is terrible for you.
โPublic debate is increasingly disrupted by viral misinformation circulating on social media.
Behind this sensationalist content regularly lie actors driven by pure profit.โ
Anyone else had enough of the "directionally this" and "directionally that" from the LLMs?
"is directionally correct..."
"is directionally honest..."
What?
@homemadehooplah ๐ Also worth a look. And the real story behind all the layoffs at the hyperscalers.
They're mostly letting people believe the job cuts are AI replacing people, but it's really investors getting nervous and wanting headcount cut to protect margins.
Live tracker comparing cumulative AI spend vs. revenue across major players
*counts all hyperscaler capex as AI spend for effect, see methodology
https://t.co/Ubuh22T5XF