Dead Man Talking

Critical Thinking on Critical Issues

A practical application of Socratic dialogue in the age of manufactured consensus.

Nov 8 • 

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C-19 Inquiry Module 8 - Children and Young People: Damning evidence of multiple harms to children by school closures:

Dr Ros Jones, retired paediatrician

Published on HART’s Substack • Nov 6

When Dogma Replaces Discourse on the National Curriculum

Why Climate Science is the Perfect Test Case for Critical Thinking and Why Parents with Children in School Should be Afraid

Nov 6 • 

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A New Way of Thinking About Intelligence

Can AI evolve from artificial intelligence to identity? Questions raised about evolution vs design and Waiting for Godot.

Nov 4 • 

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October 2025

The Autism Debate - New Report Reveals Vaccines as the "Dominant Risk Factor"

Landmark report identifies childhood vaccination as the primary modifiable risk factor.

Oct 28 • 

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Parents Are Turning to Facebook Groups for Legal Advice and That Could Be a Problem

Education Hero’s AI carefully studies and analyses thousands of pages of legislation to provide reliable, grounded responses in a fraction of the time

Published on Education Hero • Oct 26

Education Hero

A likely partnership forged in the fires of truth

Oct 20 • 

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September 2025

Earth's Climate: Natural Forces Eclipse CO₂ Hype

The Earth's climate has danced to the tune of natural forces for millions of years, far predating human influence.

Published on ian mccoy • Sep 24

School Closures/Lockdowns-They knew They did it anyway. We know too

Lest we forget

Published on Hugh’s Newsletter • Sep 5

August 2025

US Infant Mortality Analysis

Critique of Dr Clare Craig’s recent analysis

Aug 29 • 

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July 2025

How to train your dRAGon - Part II

Large Language Model Selection

Jul 15 • 

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How to train your dRAGon

The problem with GPT models is not hallucination, it's dogma.

Jul 14 • 

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