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'''''Knarc''', n.: 1) A person who would be easily seen to be a crank, but for the fact of practicing their cranky behavior through the protection of an institution which gives their crankiness legitimacy.''
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|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1396269143100301313
|name=Eric Weinstein
|usernameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein
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|content=β€œ...while the flu is the real threat.”


''2) Crank spelled backwards.''
Who gets to say simplistic categorical and definitive pronouncements like this with impunity, the certainty of God, and no consequence? Only the Knarc.
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|name=Eric Weinstein
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|content=Knarc, n.: 1) A person who would be easily seen to be a crank, but for the fact of practicing their cranky behavior through the protection of an institution which gives their crankiness legitimacy. 2) Crank spelled backwards.


'''- Eric Weinstein''' on [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1396268301571985411 Twitter]
Here we check in with our journalists from Feb. 2020:
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|name=The Daily Beast
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|content=Coronavirus, with zero American fatalities, is dominating headlines, while the flu is the real threat https://www.thedailybeast.com/flu-not-coronavirus-is-the-virus-killing-us-kids-like-luca-calanni/
|timestamp=11:20 PM Β· Feb 7, 2021
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|timestamp=12:54 AM Β· May 23, 2021
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|timestamp=12:57 AM Β· May 23, 2021
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