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There Is Nothing Safe about the Narrative of Keeping Others Safe

There Is Nothing Safe about the Narrative of Keeping Others Safe

Darryl Betts darryllrbetts.wordpress.com Warning Long read. 2087 words. My local supermarket plays a recorded announcement every 10 minutes or so which literally begins with “Our number one priority is keeping the community safe” (or very similar words to that effect). Call me old-fashioned but I thought the number

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What Did They Spend It All On?

What Did They Spend It All On?

Darryl Betts darryllrbetts.wordpress.com In February I submitted an official information act (OIA) request for details of expenditure on Covid-19 advertising and messaging by the New Zealand Government. I received a response on 15 March and not surprisingly it was incomplete. The full response, with my request embedded within

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Lies, Damned Lies, and Govt Statistics

Lies, Damned Lies, and Govt Statistics

Darryl Betts darryllrbetts.wordpress.com Darryl is a businessman and a post-graduate student in Philosophy at the University of Auckland, with particular interests in the philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, epistemology, logic, and AI. He holds a BSc in Computer Science and a BA in Philosophy, Logic and Computation.

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Blacks Not Allowed to Eat Here

Blacks Not Allowed to Eat Here

Darryl Betts darryllrbetts.wordpress.com Darryl is a businessman and a post-graduate student in Philosophy at the University of Auckland, with particular interests in the philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, epistemology, logic, and AI. He holds a BSc in Computer Science and a BA in Philosophy, Logic and Computation.

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A Real Case of Systemic Discrimination
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A Real Case of Systemic Discrimination

Darryl Betts darryllrbetts.wordpress.com Darryl is a businessman and a post-graduate student in Philosophy at the University of Auckland, with particular interests in the philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, epistemology, logic, and AI. He holds a BSc in Computer Science and a BA in Philosophy, Logic and Computation.

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What the Government Is Doing Is a Crime

Darryl Betts Darryl is a businessman and a post-graduate student in Philosophy at the University of Auckland, with particular interests in the philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, epistemology, logic, and AI. He holds a BSc in Computer Science and a BA in Philosophy, Logic and Computation. Governments throughout the

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Dr. Bryan Betty’s Dismissal of Ivermectin Mysteriously Disappears from NZ Government Web Site **UPDATED

Dr. Bryan Betty’s Dismissal of Ivermectin Mysteriously Disappears from NZ Government Web Site **UPDATED

Darryl Betts darryllrbetts.wordpress.com Darryl is a businessman and a post-graduate student in Philosophy at the University of Auckland, with particular interests in the philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, epistemology, logic, and AI. He holds a BSc in Computer Science and a BA in Philosophy, Logic and Computation.

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No-One Freely Chose to Take This Vaccine

No-One Freely Chose to Take This Vaccine

Darryl Betts darryllrbetts.wordpress.com One very simple and important thing that those who have taken the vaccine do not realize is that if you are in a situation in which a vaccine mandate is in force then you did not freely choose to be vaccinated. In this situation no-one

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It’s Not Pretty outside the Echo Chamber

It’s Not Pretty outside the Echo Chamber

Darryl Betts Comparing notes with like-minded people is comforting but I worry that it is unlikely to have a significant impact on the great echo chamber encompassing the New Zealand government, mainstream media, and many of my fellow Kiwis. So I bravely journeyed into what feels very much like enemy

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Science Deniers Won’t Listen to Dissenting Views

Science Deniers Won’t Listen to Dissenting Views

Darryl Betts darryllrbetts.wordpress.com Darryl is a businessman and a post-graduate student in Philosophy at the University of Auckland, with particular interests in the philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, epistemology, logic, and AI. He holds a BSc in Computer Science and a BA in Philosophy, Logic and Computation.

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We Are Not Cartoon Characters

Darryl Betts Recently I made some new acquaintances and had the opportunity to spend some time talking with them on a rainy Saturday. Three intelligent, successful women who love their children, and also care about other people and their children. Like millions more throughout New Zealand – with strong ties to

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Society Needs Free Thinkers

Society Needs Free Thinkers

Darryl Betts darryllrbetts.wordpress.com Darryl is a businessman and a post-graduate student in Philosophy at the University of Auckland, with particular interests in the philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, epistemology, logic, and AI. He holds a BSc in Computer Science and a BA in Philosophy, Logic and Computation.

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What Will They Take from You Next?

Darryl Betts Beneath the devastation the New Zealand government has wrought on businesses, jobs, and schools is the looming threat to large parts of what remains of people’s lives outside of work. Vaccine mandates threaten to permanently deprive many people of things that make life worth living. This isn’

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Persecuting Our Fellow Human Beings Is Easy

Persecuting Our Fellow Human Beings Is Easy

Darryl Betts darryllrbetts.wordpress.com Darryl is a businessman and a post-graduate student in Philosophy at the University of Auckland, with particular interests in the philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, epistemology, logic, and AI. He holds a BSc in Computer Science and a BA in Philosophy, Logic and Computation.

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