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The Rise of the Fake Intellectual
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The Rise of the Fake Intellectual

How Society Has Propagated a Bunch of Fragile Egos

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Franklin O'Kanu
Dec 03, 2024
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Introduction

In my last podcast, What Happened to Critical Thinking Since COVID? I touched on how society, as a whole, has lost its ability to think critically, and I briefly mentioned the rise of the “fake intellectual.”

I posted that video to YouTube and it ended up being removed. Not because it contained factual inaccuracies but because it questioned the mainstream narrative surrounding vaccine efficacy and safety — the very narrative YouTube has chosen to endorse.

Because of this, my video fell under “vaccine misinformation.”

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