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Brilliant stuff, I really took your point about the difference between the numbers and the myth we use to interpret those numbers. My only complaint is dumping the "tentacle porn fetishists" in with the "mouth-breathing numpties and ridiculous pocket nazis" becuase I have never seen the pocket nazis at any of the meetings.

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John - a book-length post! Terrific read. True. Your skewering of the Builderbrand was appreciated - self-opiniated BS artist that he is - while in Central Europe last year - giant Huawei signs everywhere - and a niece - in the Perigian area - severed contact with me when I expressed mild concern (cautiously, mind) re her year old son and the measles terror on Tonga - and links between there and Brisbane - her anti-vaxxer stance incomprehensible to me...though maybe she was softened up for it by "the last days" mood of her childhood to young adulthood fundamentalist religion - before finding yoga - but not real yoga - more the subdued lighting and perfumed candles/oils. Anyway this post of yours is outstanding - like all your posts!

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