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Cake day: June 21st, 2023

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  • People have tried in the past and each time it got thrown out because the judges ruled they were full of shit. As recently as 2023, even, from Reuters:

    Cote, in a 148-page ruling, found that none of the five expert witnesses proposed by the plaintiffs had offered a sound scientific methodology to support their opinion that Tylenol’s active ingredient, acetaminophen, could cause autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

    “Instead, the unstructured approach adopted by the plaintiffs’ experts permitted cherry-picking, allowed a results-driven analysis, and obscured the complexities, inconsistencies, and weaknesses in the underlying data,” she wrote.














  • Ok, so in all seriousness, he doesn’t “debate” in the classical sense of two parties entering a forum with good intentions and open minds. Kirk’s brand of “debate” was getting selectively edited viral clips of flustered college students who couldn’t come up with a coherent response to the bullshit he spat out. He never changed his mind (and would never) because that would make him look weak, and that’s not what his brand of “debate” is about — it’s about winning at any cost and making people look dumb for the views.