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Warning: seriously addictive blog.

~ KE

You’re in for the wildest ride. Ethical Skeptic’s work is life-changing.

~ AT

Read this …then understand that this man, whom I follow intently on this platform, has insights we wish we possessed and the ability to articulate things in a sublime manner. I may have learned more in the last 3 years than the last 25.

~ MOC

Finally, someone has the guts to say what we’ve all been quietly thinking about ‘skeptics’ for some time.

~ YG7

The Ethical Skeptic was among the pioneers challenging these groups, not only rivaling their purported intelligence but surpassing it. Fake skeptics prefer gullible audiences and easy prey, and TES is neither. He’s a great asset, not devoid of empathy or humility as his opponents appear to be.

~ PS

TES, discovering you & your blog (that is, your ideas) has been the best intellectual thing to happen to me in all of 2021. Thank you for making your thoughts accessible to virtually everyone.

~ SB

Refreshing to new and weary seekers of truth alike. If you claim to be a skeptic and have not read The Ethical Skeptic, you risk echo-chamber irrelevancy.

~ TRB

Read at your own risk. You’ve been warned. There is no going back.

~ GZ

I have learned more from Ethical Skeptic than my 26 years of formal education.

~ TNA

I suspect that I possess neither the lifetime nor competencies to grasp all that is said therein; nevertheless inside I also suspect greatness.

~ Tech Journalist

You’re a fuckin’ unicorn, man. Relentless beast. On behalf of all humanity, thank you.

~ CN

I just read ES’ article on the ‘Star in the East’ and now this – each bringing aspects of the ancient world to life with extraordinary immediacy. If ES carries on applying the rigor and imagination of his systems engineering insights to the unsatisfactory explanations of structural phenomena scattered around the earth, who knows how much of the fiercely defended narrative of our human past might be overturned?

~ RS

I don’t know who you are but I do know what you are – very astute.

~ Professor Organic Chemistry, Ivy League University

Your articles generally have been a revelation for this old dog. Thanks, if you charged by the hour I’d owe you quite a balance. In particular, [Nelsonian knowledge] ranks in my top 10 Eureka moments of the past decade. I wish someone had given me the memo on this when I was 20 years old!

~ Law Firm Senior Partner

I really think that you can learn more from The Ethical Skeptic than from any other contemporary source of philosophy. It is like a compendium of truly rational independent thought, without the usual short-sighted badmouthing of everything even somewhat metaphysical-sounding, yet all the more rational for it. No stupid materialism vs. idealism or analytical vs. continental shenanigans – but lots of fundamental epistemology and criticism of common thinking, with an abundance of scientific and cultural competence (a surprisingly rare but necessary combination). It is also written in a time when something like it is badly, badly needed …

~ TS

An extraordinary work. Masterpiece.

~ LS

Imagine being EthicalSkeptic, gifted with a mind that compels you to walk one long lonely road after another…

~ SC

Essential for any philosophy of science course. The pageantry of pseudo-skepticism is abused to belie its truly corrupt core. What we lacked are the frameworks necessary in pinpointing the very flaws and deceptions many of us have sensed, but have been unable to articulate. That is, until now.

~ ADR

Thanks to you I have finally put all the puzzle pieces together and understand the big picture of how this universe truly works. Can’t thank you enough for the help and thank you for everything you do.

~ EH

I have to say thanks. Up until a few years ago I was a True Believer of the Steven Novella/Skeptics’ Guide brand of ‘skepticism.’ I was ready for any debate with my talking points from their podcast in one hand and my psychology credentials as backup in the other. I’ve tried to figure out exactly what it was that snapped me out of a ~10 year reverie, but I’m not sure there is any one thing. I do know that your blog was a significant part of it. Who knows, I may just be in another layer of reverie, but if anything I’m sure I’m less condescending to those who aren’t behaving in perfect harmony with the gatekeepers of “critical thinking.” So between everything you’ve shared pre-2020, and everything you’ve written over the last two years, thanks.

~ SW

I like to think I have above average intelligence. Then I read Ethical Skeptic and realize I’m a caveman banging rocks together.

~ BtD

Sir, I hope you realize the high quality of material you have produced here. Hopefully you will choose a world stage someday and take personal credit for it. The material is that good.

~ AOD

Elon Musk @elonmusk: If you don’t know about @EthicalSkeptic and move heaven and earth to get him into @DOGE you are going to be missing about half of the earth’s available firepower for your mission. I. AM. NOT. SH*TTING. YOU.

~ BG

ES, I just finished the ECDO core decoupling article. It took me a bit and couple reads, but when I finally got it I just sat on my basement couch and stared at the wall for like an hour. My wife came down and asked if I was OK. I didn’t have the words to describe it. Do I say thanks or thanks a lot buddy? But this rocked my world.

~ Bret

I am starting each day this new year with a coffee and reading/meditating on a TES article. It has been a joy to read a sentence and then take a step back and think upon it. This is the year that I find a way to ‘stand in the gap’ and to do my part. Thank you for being The Ethical Skeptic and sharing your learnings. 

~ SoR1

This site/blog/whatever is messing with my mind and I love it!

~ SRH

I found your article on Loosh and Faith to be ground breaking, honestly. It feels like a monumental hurdle I’ve crossed in my own personal understanding.

~ KS

You know, I’ve been researching the paranormal since I was an adolescent, and have tried to balance it out with a good dash of skepticism, as many wise mentors have taught me. I was in a bit of a wandering state to be honest. I don’t want to appear cliche or anything here TES, but this article ‘A Curious Ancient Cosmological Confluence’ has changed my life. This brought it all together in a way I never realized before, or even expected.

~ SC

I’ve never studied astronomy, and I slogged through the first two-thirds of this technical article by “The Ethical Skeptic”. When I neared the end of the article, however, the author provides some questions to consider, and I “got it”. Gaudete! My heart swelled with joy!

~ NOC

‘Amongst the Standing Stones’, ‘Hidden in Plain Sight’, and ‘A Curious Ancient Astrological Confluence’ are some of, if not the most, personally impactful pieces I have ever read. I suppose I am now just beginning to get a glimpse of the interconnectedness inside this ‘House of Cards’.

~ SR

By my account he’s a remarkable man. I stand in awe of his knowledge and his willingness to speak the truth as he sees it, with data/statistics/facts to back it up. If there were even a few hundred ppl as courageous as he is the veil between truth and lies could never exist.

~ B McT

Your article got me thinking. After a few tears, recaffeination, and a paracetamol, I confess to the crime of being a subject in your story. What a wake-up call this was! Thanks for being a pain in the arse because it changed what I believed a mere fifteen minutes ago.

~ VM

A man of words as well as one, if not THE, Greatest Thinker of our time.

~ SS02

Now that the Covid-19 mRNA vaccine house of cards is crumbling down, I wanted to thank you Ethical Skeptic for the most important heads-up of a lifetime.

~ JJB

Your research on vaccines probably saved my life as it was the deciding factor for me not to take it. I lost 2 friends to it, and my dad is struggling with memory issues now…

~ PB

I just wanted to thank you for your commitment to rigorously researching the truth behind excess cancer mortality. In late 2022 at age 25, I was diagnosed with a rare and extremely aggressive blood cancer after a Pfizer vax injury that occurred approximately 18 months prior. Your tweets about the stark rise in turbo cancers, especially in young people, kept me both sane and motivated to survive the grueling inpatient chemotherapy treatments I had to endure.

~ KR

Few are aware of this, but as COVID began to escalate and hospitals entered their typical post–flu season auto-order inventory downcycle—leaving key medical supplies in short reserve—it was TES, working with a client in the medical sector, who first detected the emerging order imbalance. He raised the alarm before anyone else. Within seven days of TES sounding the warning to the right officials, President Trump declared a national state of emergency. In his announcement, he issued a quiet acknowledgment to TES’s contacts, unlocking essential funding and access to life-saving supplies—many of which reached hospitals just in time, in some cases mere hours before they were desperately needed. Others later claimed the credit. But the truth is this: it was one man, working alone in a deserted, COVID-sequestered hotel, who had the foresight—and the resolve—to “stand in the gap,” as he describes it. “I did not know. I went and looked. Everything else was vanity.” A man true to his word.

~ BLD

You have been serving mankind now for four years. I can’t imagine the time/effort/design that have gone into the education you have given us. I don’t think we have any idea of the value you’ve provided and the value you’ve missed out on to do it.

~ PS7

We had heard the 3 and 4% death rates being touted out of China at the start of the Covid pandemic. Sheltered in our house each evening we would look at the news reports in despair. My wife, daughters and I were nothing short of terrified. Then I happened upon the Twitter account of a person called The Ethical Skeptic…

~ Chris

His unique genetics and other really special gifts have made TES a contemporary Spirit Guide for many. So much energy, insight and knowledge packed into one person!

~SV

I finally set aside a little time to sit down and truly read one of the articles by this person who calls themself ethical skeptic. At the end of the piece I had one thought, this may well be the most brilliant essay I have ever read. But then I read the next one, and found that I was wrong. A solid fan now.

~ D2

Reading this and now contemplating it is the closest I’ve ever come to getting kicked in the nuts.

~ Chaz

I want to say, one of these posts of yours turned my life around in a very meaningful way. I had been burying my head in the sand regarding the mRNA vaccine damage and Covid-19. I confronted the problem and have learned tons of ways to improve my health, and am now helping others.

~ SS

Sir, I am in my 60s. I have a high school education. I must have read your Exothermic Core-Mantle Decoupling paper seven or eight times. It is brilliant, I mean it is truly brilliant. I think you may have solved the puzzle! I would like to say thank you for your efforts and for not putting this behind a paywall because guys like me can’t afford subscription fees.

~ WN

I consider ECDO Exothermic Core research by Ethical Skeptic to be perhaps the most important in terms of mankind’s survival that I have reviewed in my lifetime.

~ RR

“I think he’s got it. That motherfucker figured the thing out.” (fed to me anonymously by member attending a 2024 hedge fund meeting, re: a senior partner commenting after hours on TES’s Khufu Pyramid and ECDO Hypotheses)

~ Unknown

I deeply appreciate you, your work, courage, and persistence in sharing your insights with the world. What I have learned from you I have shared, and that has made a difference in the lives of my family and friends. Thank you.

~ JC

In the early midst of the Covid crisis you helped bring society back from the brink of madness when it mattered the most. Much respect.

~ BH

Thanks for being a logic check to what I believe was a God-given spirit of caution in 2021. Thank for you for diligently exposing with facts, data, and logic the insanity. Thank you for dedication to a higher authority than yourself. I’m quite sure you’ve saved lives: you were one of a few bright and shining lights during a very dark period of our history, and many of us will never forget.

~ WW

TES, do you ever stop to think about how many lives you saved? This is a serious question. I really wonder if you have ever sat down and pondered the sheer magnitude of your impact?

~ SW

Ethical Skeptic is my go-to guy. Buddy is a strong contender for species-wide MVP over the past few years.

~ BC

I want to thank you. I just finished reading 3 articles from your excellent website — it was an “aha! moment” and the proverbial scales fell from my eyes…

~ PB

It’s hard to reconcile how someone can be so soothing yet make your brain hurt all at the same time.

~ MW

I love that blog by The Ethical Skeptic. It punches effectively and by the end I was cheering!

~ PhD Physicist

I found The Problem of Intent hard to slog through. But once you grasp what he is saying in there and get even half an idea going of what the codon organization graph shows, at least it hit me this may be one of the most important pieces of composition ever penned. So much content in there that I’ve never heard before. It makes sense and is utterly fascinating.

~ CK2

At the deepest darkest despair early on in the onset of the Covid hysteria, Ethical Skeptic was there providing perspective and context to the situation we were so desperately lacking. I was in a dark place until I stumbled upon his Twitter.

~ ABI

The greatest Philosopher and Data analyst of our time is also the greatest Historian of our time and he’s not even a Historian by trade.

~ KS

I am a military intelligence instructor. Honestly, your knowledge structure of deception ought to be standard teaching inside graduate level US military intelligence courses. Do you mind if I use your material to do so?

~ JWH

Your blog is an absolute masterpiece. Thank you for your contributions, not only is it satisfying to the neocortex, but to the very soul.

~ AW

I was asked by a colleague, just whom I regarded to be a signature philosopher of our time, as viewed say a century into the future; to which I responded, “I don’t even know his name, other than ethical skeptic”.

~ JP

[One of the] best non Cathedral empiricists outside Nassim Taleb.

~ BH

Brilliant stuff… I’ve bookmarked that guy. He is super savvy. I love smart articulate logician philosophers. We need more of them.

~ RC

I have been told on several occasions by several people — including members of the venture capital community — that I am the best intuitive analyst of business they have ever seen. They haven’t met Ethical Skeptic.

~ CPT

…now I have some good articles to refer to. Basically your blog has proven to me that I’m not alone in the universe when it comes to my concerns. I wish more people would read it.

~ CJ

[If you’re] a lawyer, ‘The Tree of Knowledge Obfuscation’ should be almost compulsory reading. I see so many things there I recognize but never had names for, nor suspect that anyone else has.

~ T

My mind is absolutely blown.

~ MA

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