If and when the hit piece on Prof. Quimron comes out, I wonder if it will include the but-look-he’s-LAST-author-on-most-of-his-pubs smear like they did with Judy Mikovits? I think I sustained minor injuries from rolling on the floor laughing so hard when I heard Judy mention that in an interview.

This kind of smear tactic is a good indication of how low those committed to protecting the narrative are willing to stoop. The narrative protectors know that few people outside of scientific research understand that ‘last author’ is a highly valued ‘position’ in the author line-up of a research paper. And why would they know such a trivial and, frankly, somewhat embarrassing little factoid that outside of these bizarre times would be totally irrelevant to them? (Embarrassing because academics and other researchers fight and squabble over such on a regular basis…) So most people don’t know that being ‘last author’ indicates that you led the research, that is, you were the brains of the operation. In fact, for researchers past their early-career phase, ‘last author’ is more prized than being 1st author. This is the technically-true-but-purposely-misleading trick used in advertising all of the time. You know, like the bright orange little "NO CARBS" sticker on that package of corned beef in the grocery store (apologies to meat-avoiding readers. I’m not trying to offend anyone. It’s just that this particular example sticks in my mind because it actually "worked" on someone I know). But as Steve and many others have pointed out many times, this is the kind of stuff you gotta do when you don’t have facts…

So all of you fellow readers who make their living in other ways, you are now FULLY INOCULATED against this particular strain of smear-virus (sorry about the lack of informed consent, but that’s the trend nowadays). Nope, no boosters needed unless maybe you end up in some kind of Matt-Damon-Bourne-Identity-amnesia kind of scenario. In rare cases like that, yes, a booster may be necessary. But, I’m sure it will be covered by your CIA-NSA-even-the-agency-name-is-classified group health plan. [que Extreme Ways by Moby] 🙂