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Re: Is Denninger right about the coronavirus?

Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2020 9:31 am
by Libertarian666
flyingpylon wrote: Sat Apr 04, 2020 8:36 am Denninger’s latest plan to reopen. Comments?

Reopen NOW. Here’s How.
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.

Printing money can't replace lost productivity.

Re: Is Denninger right about the coronavirus?

Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2020 9:59 am
by Mountaineer
Makes sense to me.

Re: Is Denninger right about the coronavirus?

Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2020 10:45 am
by ahhrunforthehills
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:
+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.
and
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...
Original link: https://www.ar15.com/forums/general/Whe ... 5-1110928/

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?

Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2020 3:01 pm
by Maddy
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.

Re: Is Denninger right about the coronavirus?

Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2020 3:10 pm
by Libertarian666
Maddy wrote: Sat Apr 04, 2020 3:01 pm 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.
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.

Re: Is Denninger right about the coronavirus?

Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2020 4:28 pm
by ahhrunforthehills
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.

Re: Is Denninger right about the coronavirus?

Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2020 4:56 pm
by Libertarian666
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.
So 110% might have died in that case? Wow, that really is serious!

Re: Is Denninger right about the coronavirus?

Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2020 5:14 pm
by ahhrunforthehills
Libertarian666 wrote: Sat Apr 04, 2020 4:56 pm
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.
So 110% might have died in that case? Wow, that really is serious!
Sorry, I don’t follow. But I doubt you intend to. So I guess we can just leave it at that.

Re: Is Denninger right about the coronavirus?

Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2020 5:20 pm
by Libertarian666
ahhrunforthehills wrote: Sat Apr 04, 2020 5:14 pm
Libertarian666 wrote: Sat Apr 04, 2020 4:56 pm
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.
So 110% might have died in that case? Wow, that really is serious!
Sorry, I don’t follow. But I doubt you intend to. So I guess we can just leave it at that.
Sorry, it was a joke about 66% + 44% not adding up to 100%. :P

Re: Is Denninger right about the coronavirus?

Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2020 5:40 pm
by ahhrunforthehills
Libertarian666 wrote: Sat Apr 04, 2020 5:20 pm
ahhrunforthehills wrote: Sat Apr 04, 2020 5:14 pm
Libertarian666 wrote: Sat Apr 04, 2020 4:56 pm
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.
So 110% might have died in that case? Wow, that really is serious!
Sorry, I don’t follow. But I doubt you intend to. So I guess we can just leave it at that.
Sorry, it was a joke about 66% + 44% not adding up to 100%. :P
My bad, lol. I got no good excuse for that shoddy math job. Sorry for the snappy reply.

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.

Re: Is Denninger right about the coronavirus?

Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2020 5:46 pm
by Libertarian666
ahhrunforthehills wrote: Sat Apr 04, 2020 5:40 pm
Libertarian666 wrote: Sat Apr 04, 2020 5:20 pm
ahhrunforthehills wrote: Sat Apr 04, 2020 5:14 pm
Libertarian666 wrote: Sat Apr 04, 2020 4:56 pm
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.
So 110% might have died in that case? Wow, that really is serious!
Sorry, I don’t follow. But I doubt you intend to. So I guess we can just leave it at that.
Sorry, it was a joke about 66% + 44% not adding up to 100%. :P
My bad, lol. I got no good excuse for that shoddy math job. Sorry for the snappy reply.

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.
Sure, no problem. Many people are on edge for obvious reasons.