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- Two Defensible Denominators: What a Standard Accusation Dictionary Says About Luke Ford’s Archive, and Why It Says the Opposite Thing Twice
- The Second Collapse: Twenty Years of Luke Ford’s Publication Threshold, Measured
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- The Room Around the Argument: Audience Sorting at Outside the Beltway, 2003-2026
- Steven Taylor, James Joyner and the E-Personality: Aboujaoude’s Virtually You Tested on Twenty Years of Outside the Beltway
- Amy Wax and the E-Personality: A Claim-Level Analysis, 1996-2026
- After Cathy’s Table: How Digital Platforms Reshaped a Generation of Professional Writers
- Nathan Cofnas and the E-Personality: The Auditor, the Performer, and the Cambridge Investigation
- The E-Personality of the Public Intellectual
- NYT: ‘What Do Students Lose When They Stop Writing?’
- Another National Treasure is Falling to AI (Fiction)
- What Percentage of Philip N. Cohen’s Blog Passes the Front Page Test?
- Paul Bloom’s Small Potatoes Archive
- The Two Accusations
- I Believe Everybody, Including Iran, Acts Rationally in Pursuit of their own Interests
- The Set, the Voice & the Anthropology of Philip N. Cohen
- WP: ‘Trump’s Harvard loss conceals a strategic victory’
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- ‘Is (Human) Writing Doomed? | Robert Wright & Paul Bloom’
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* Steve Wynn and the Press: Power, Litigation, and the Contest Over Las Vegas (6-3-26)
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* The Vigilant Animal: Thinkers Who Reject the Myth of Human Gullibility (6-2-26)
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* Show Me How It Travels (6-2-26)
* The Norm Explainers (6-2-26)
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Monthly Archives: July 2025
Russiagate | The NatCon Squad | Episode 224
Epistemic Inversion and the Russiagate Legacy Stephen Turner’s work on epistemic coercion and expert rule offers a powerful framework for dissecting the lingering influence of Russiagate on elite discourse—especially as examined by The NatCon Squad in Episode 224. 01:10 – … Continue reading
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Seeing Through the Noise: Why Ordinary People Are Less Gullible Than Elites Think
In the aftermath of the 2016 election, a dominant narrative emerged among elite media and political institutions: that Russian interference—particularly via Facebook ads—had a decisive impact on the outcome. This idea became the justification for an ever-expanding push toward content … Continue reading
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Freedom vs Fairness
Australia (Context: Erin Patterson Mushroom Trial) Legal restrictions: Sub judice contempt: A criminal offense to publish anything that may prejudice the jury or fair trial. This includes: – Suggesting guilt before a verdict. – Publishing evidence not presented to the … Continue reading
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All men are incels: the bitter truth
All Men Are Incels: The Bitter Truth By Dr. Orion Taraban | Watch the full episode on YouTube Let’s talk about something uncomfortable—but real: all men are incels. Provocative? Sure. But accurate. Let me explain why. What is an Incel? … Continue reading
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Aaron Maté: New Docs Show FBI and NSA Never Believed Trump Worked with Russia
Aaron Maté: Russiagate Collapses Under Its Own Weight Source: Aaron Maté: New Docs Show FBI and NSA Never Believed Trump Worked with Russia Aaron Maté’s commentary on newly declassified documents offers a potent real-world case study of Stephen Turner’s epistemic … Continue reading
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Predicting the DOJ Strikeforce on Russia Hoax | John Solomon
Stephen Turner Analysis of “Predicting the DOJ Strikeforce on Russia Hoax” Video: John Solomon: Predicting the DOJ Strikeforce on Russia Hoax Framework: Based on Stephen Turner’s “The Politics of Expertise” 1. Reversing Institutional Credibility Turner’s core insight is that expert … Continue reading
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Bombshell Russiagate Docs Explained, and Truth About Putin and Hillary, w/ Matt Taibbi and Ruthless
Stephen Turner’s Tools Applied: The New Russiagate Files Source: Megyn Kelly Show – July 24, 2025 1. Epistemic Coercion and Brennan’s Testimony At 03:50–05:10, Matt Taibbi explains how John Brennan allegedly misrepresented the Steele Dossier’s credibility during 2017 congressional testimony. … Continue reading
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FT: The rightwing media stoking culture wars in Germany, UK
1. “The rightwing media stoking culture wars in Germany” (FT) Turner’s Framework: Key Concept: Epistemic Coercion + Expert Rule Reversal Stephen Turner argued that expert networks often set the boundaries of legitimate discourse—creating a top-down flow of information that demands … Continue reading
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Winning Elections By Winning News Cycles
Mark Halperin argues that winning presidential elections comes down to winning daily news cycles. Neat theory, but is it true? Strong evidence? Halperin’s Theory: Mark Halperin rose to prominence editing The Note at ABC News, a daily political digest that … Continue reading
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How Tulsi Gabbard’s Revelations About The Obama Administration’s Abuse Of Intelligence Decodes The Rule Of Experts
I use the philosophy of Stephen Park Turner to decode the news: 1. Expert Rule Over Democracy – Turner argues liberal democracies are increasingly run by expert commissions (like intel agencies) that operate outside democratic oversight. This makes them politically … Continue reading
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