<div dir="ltr">I specifically like the concluding paragraph in your Guardian's reference:<br>"Enlightenment of any kind is possible only through long and determined engagement with other people\u2019s findings and other people\u2019s ideas. Self-realisation requires constant self-questioning. True freedom emerges from respect for other people."<br><br>It reminds me of Donald Hoffman's case against reality. One person's science is another person's delusion.<br><br>Pieter</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 23 Sept 2021 at 19:00, u\u01ddl\u0183 \u2624>$ <<a href="mailto:gepropella@gmail.com">gepropella@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/sep/22/leftwingers-far-right-conspiracy-theories-anti-vaxxers-power" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/sep/22/leftwingers-far-right-conspiracy-theories-anti-vaxxers-power</a><br>
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"The notion of the 'sovereign body', untainted by chemical contamination, has begun to fuse with the fear that a shadowy cabal is trying to deprive us of autonomy."<br>
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On 9/23/21 5:24 AM, Pieter Steenekamp wrote:<br>
> Well, I for one am always very suspicious of what my doctor tells me.<br>
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> It's not that I'm against modern medicine, IMO they do wonders, but are their interests always aligned 100% with mine as a patient? Me thinketh not, modern medicine is money-driven.I go to the doctor for advice, but ultimately I claim responsibility for my own body; I don't abdicate my health to somebody else.<br>
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> For example, I just listened to a documentary "Big Pharma - How much power do drug companies have? "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z_W3yRA9I8" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z_W3yRA9I8</a> <<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z_W3yRA9I8" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z_W3yRA9I8</a>> on Youtube, going into details of the greed of the pharmaceutical companies.<br>
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"Better to be slapped with the truth than kissed with a lie."<br>
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