Is Denninger right about the coronavirus?
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Re: Is Denninger right about the coronavirus?
We were discussing this in our web development lecture recently. Visitors to a website intrinsically determine the credibility of the site based on "true cues." Higher quality sites are deemed more trustworthy and credible, and generally this personal policy for web surfing works. Phishing sites for instance are enormously amateurish.
Having said that, the lack of modern web design on this Denninger fellow's site is kind of... endearing?
Having said that, the lack of modern web design on this Denninger fellow's site is kind of... endearing?
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Re: Is Denninger right about the coronavirus?
Yes, he's right. I hope the administration tells the governors in no uncertain terms that they have to do this or we will be in a Greater Depression very shortly.flyingpylon wrote: ↑Sat Apr 04, 2020 8:36 am Denninger’s latest plan to reopen. Comments?
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Makes sense to me.
DNA has its own language (code), and language requires intelligence. There is no known mechanism by which matter can give birth to information, let alone language. It is unreasonable to believe the world could have happened by chance.
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Re: Is Denninger right about the coronavirus?
Denninger has always seemed a bit "off" for some reason to me. Often times it seems like he bases his information on some evidence, makes his conclusion, but then will disregard new data that does not support his initial conclusion.
That is why he deletes and bans people from his website that disagree with his viewpoints and why he has comments disabled from Youtube.
I saw someone else refer to his arguments as mostly 2 dimensional... which I think is pretty accurate.
Plus, to be honest, I try really hard to filter our information from people that seem super-unstable. A long time ago over at ar15.com there was a post titled:
"When will people stop listening to Karl Denninger? He has a new prediction out."
that got into what a wacko he is. Here is a quote:
Anyways, based on what his wife and other people in the cult wrote, it really sounds like he has a constant need to be put on a pedestal to the point of being toxic. IMHO, this just makes him too biased to be overly useful.
It is almost like Peter Schiff... but instead of feeding his wallet like Schiff does, Denninger focuses on feeding his ego. That is why neither will ever be willing to weigh-in any information that doesn't mesh with what they preach.
That is why he deletes and bans people from his website that disagree with his viewpoints and why he has comments disabled from Youtube.
I saw someone else refer to his arguments as mostly 2 dimensional... which I think is pretty accurate.
Plus, to be honest, I try really hard to filter our information from people that seem super-unstable. A long time ago over at ar15.com there was a post titled:
"When will people stop listening to Karl Denninger? He has a new prediction out."
that got into what a wacko he is. Here is a quote:
and+1 on the abrasive crank part... he ran off a lot of his smartest, most active posters on his forum with his asshattery. It used to be a great resource with quite a few people that knew a lot about different aspects of finance, economics, etc.
Original link: https://www.ar15.com/forums/general/Whe ... 5-1110928/Karl's past is... interesting... he was apparently part of what some have described as a "bisexual cult". Allegedly, his wife left him for another woman that she met in the cult...
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.reli ... wing&pli=1
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.reli ... e129b6a02b
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.reli ... 9d49f720d3
http://groups.google.com/group/talk.rel ... +Denninger
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.reli ... f77b7e0f99
There is more information out there regarding his past if you're inclined to look for it...
Anyways, based on what his wife and other people in the cult wrote, it really sounds like he has a constant need to be put on a pedestal to the point of being toxic. IMHO, this just makes him too biased to be overly useful.
It is almost like Peter Schiff... but instead of feeding his wallet like Schiff does, Denninger focuses on feeding his ego. That is why neither will ever be willing to weigh-in any information that doesn't mesh with what they preach.
Re: Is Denninger right about the coronavirus?
I have no idea what any of those google groups are talking about, or what they have to do with Denninger or his views on the CoVid-19 situation. They sound like a bunch of kooks, disgruntled over something--though it's impossible to tell what.
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Re: Is Denninger right about the coronavirus?
His arguments stand or fall on their own merits.
They make sense to me. I don't care if he has had crazy ideas before.
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Re: Is Denninger right about the coronavirus?
Everytime I listened to him recently he was saying that if you go on a ventilator you will die. Sure thing. Guaranteed practically 100% of the time.
He kept quoting the same source that had something like a sample size of 26 people. As this thing spread he kept quoting the same source day after day after day. Sorry, that is just fear-mongering with a sample size that small when you are screaming from the mountaintops like he is doing.
I saw (elsewhere) a sample of 100 people where 66% died. The other 44% might have died if they were listening to Denninger and refused to be treated.
Who knows what the correct numbers are. I don’t pretend to be a medical expert... but he sure does.
He kept quoting the same source that had something like a sample size of 26 people. As this thing spread he kept quoting the same source day after day after day. Sorry, that is just fear-mongering with a sample size that small when you are screaming from the mountaintops like he is doing.
I saw (elsewhere) a sample of 100 people where 66% died. The other 44% might have died if they were listening to Denninger and refused to be treated.
Who knows what the correct numbers are. I don’t pretend to be a medical expert... but he sure does.
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Re: Is Denninger right about the coronavirus?
So 110% might have died in that case? Wow, that really is serious!ahhrunforthehills wrote: ↑Sat Apr 04, 2020 4:28 pm Everytime I listened to him recently he was saying that if you go on a ventilator you will die. Sure thing. Guaranteed practically 100% of the time.
He kept quoting the same source that had something like a sample size of 26 people. As this thing spread he kept quoting the same source day after day after day. Sorry, that is just fear-mongering with a sample size that small when you are screaming from the mountaintops like he is doing.
I saw (elsewhere) a sample of 100 people where 66% died. The other 44% might have died if they were listening to Denninger and refused to be treated.
Who knows what the correct numbers are. I don’t pretend to be a medical expert... but he sure does.
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Re: Is Denninger right about the coronavirus?
Sorry, I don’t follow. But I doubt you intend to. So I guess we can just leave it at that.Libertarian666 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 04, 2020 4:56 pmSo 110% might have died in that case? Wow, that really is serious!ahhrunforthehills wrote: ↑Sat Apr 04, 2020 4:28 pm Everytime I listened to him recently he was saying that if you go on a ventilator you will die. Sure thing. Guaranteed practically 100% of the time.
He kept quoting the same source that had something like a sample size of 26 people. As this thing spread he kept quoting the same source day after day after day. Sorry, that is just fear-mongering with a sample size that small when you are screaming from the mountaintops like he is doing.
I saw (elsewhere) a sample of 100 people where 66% died. The other 44% might have died if they were listening to Denninger and refused to be treated.
Who knows what the correct numbers are. I don’t pretend to be a medical expert... but he sure does.
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Re: Is Denninger right about the coronavirus?
Sorry, it was a joke about 66% + 44% not adding up to 100%.ahhrunforthehills wrote: ↑Sat Apr 04, 2020 5:14 pmSorry, I don’t follow. But I doubt you intend to. So I guess we can just leave it at that.Libertarian666 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 04, 2020 4:56 pmSo 110% might have died in that case? Wow, that really is serious!ahhrunforthehills wrote: ↑Sat Apr 04, 2020 4:28 pm Everytime I listened to him recently he was saying that if you go on a ventilator you will die. Sure thing. Guaranteed practically 100% of the time.
He kept quoting the same source that had something like a sample size of 26 people. As this thing spread he kept quoting the same source day after day after day. Sorry, that is just fear-mongering with a sample size that small when you are screaming from the mountaintops like he is doing.
I saw (elsewhere) a sample of 100 people where 66% died. The other 44% might have died if they were listening to Denninger and refused to be treated.
Who knows what the correct numbers are. I don’t pretend to be a medical expert... but he sure does.
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Re: Is Denninger right about the coronavirus?
My bad, lol. I got no good excuse for that shoddy math job. Sorry for the snappy reply.Libertarian666 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 04, 2020 5:20 pmSorry, it was a joke about 66% + 44% not adding up to 100%.ahhrunforthehills wrote: ↑Sat Apr 04, 2020 5:14 pmSorry, I don’t follow. But I doubt you intend to. So I guess we can just leave it at that.Libertarian666 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 04, 2020 4:56 pmSo 110% might have died in that case? Wow, that really is serious!ahhrunforthehills wrote: ↑Sat Apr 04, 2020 4:28 pm Everytime I listened to him recently he was saying that if you go on a ventilator you will die. Sure thing. Guaranteed practically 100% of the time.
He kept quoting the same source that had something like a sample size of 26 people. As this thing spread he kept quoting the same source day after day after day. Sorry, that is just fear-mongering with a sample size that small when you are screaming from the mountaintops like he is doing.
I saw (elsewhere) a sample of 100 people where 66% died. The other 44% might have died if they were listening to Denninger and refused to be treated.
Who knows what the correct numbers are. I don’t pretend to be a medical expert... but he sure does.
I just find it sad that people on a vent have not great odds. Literally 2 minutes after I posted it I heard the president thanking the media for not posting the mortality stats for people on ventilators. He said something like, “I know it, you know... and thanks for not writing about it”.
I have no doubt my dad listens to the doom and gloomers.. and by extension is heavily influenced by people like Ticker Guy. I would hate for him to one day make decisions based on assumptions gleamed from such limited information.
Sorry again.
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Re: Is Denninger right about the coronavirus?
Sure, no problem. Many people are on edge for obvious reasons.ahhrunforthehills wrote: ↑Sat Apr 04, 2020 5:40 pmMy bad, lol. I got no good excuse for that shoddy math job. Sorry for the snappy reply.Libertarian666 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 04, 2020 5:20 pmSorry, it was a joke about 66% + 44% not adding up to 100%.ahhrunforthehills wrote: ↑Sat Apr 04, 2020 5:14 pmSorry, I don’t follow. But I doubt you intend to. So I guess we can just leave it at that.Libertarian666 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 04, 2020 4:56 pmSo 110% might have died in that case? Wow, that really is serious!ahhrunforthehills wrote: ↑Sat Apr 04, 2020 4:28 pm Everytime I listened to him recently he was saying that if you go on a ventilator you will die. Sure thing. Guaranteed practically 100% of the time.
He kept quoting the same source that had something like a sample size of 26 people. As this thing spread he kept quoting the same source day after day after day. Sorry, that is just fear-mongering with a sample size that small when you are screaming from the mountaintops like he is doing.
I saw (elsewhere) a sample of 100 people where 66% died. The other 44% might have died if they were listening to Denninger and refused to be treated.
Who knows what the correct numbers are. I don’t pretend to be a medical expert... but he sure does.
I just find it sad that people on a vent have not great odds. Literally 2 minutes after I posted it I heard the president thanking the media for not posting the mortality stats for people on ventilators. He said something like, “I know it, you know... and thanks for not writing about it”.
I have no doubt my dad listens to the doom and gloomers.. and by extension is heavily influenced by people like Ticker Guy. I would hate for him to one day make decisions based on assumptions gleamed from such limited information.
Sorry again.