Claire Fox (Fiona's sister)

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I wonder if hypocrisy is genetic. We could put in a grant fora GWAS study. It would be fun to show that hypocrisy was all in the genes. Think of all those hypocritical political families. Perhaps that is why we have dynasties. They seem to be back in fashion.
 
Is it hypocrisy or a compulsion to position oneself in debates with outrageous, unexpected, unintuitive, offensive ideas?

Like claiming that patients with CFS are sick because they act and think like a sick person.
 
What is linkage disequilibrium?

In population genetics, linkage disequilibrium is the non-random association of alleles at different loci in a given population. Loci are said to be in linkage disequilibrium when the frequency of association of their different alleles is higher or lower than what would be expected if the loci were independent and associated randomly.[1]

Linkage disequilibrium is influenced by many factors, including selection, the rate of genetic recombination, mutation rate, genetic drift, the system of mating, population structure, and genetic linkage. As a result, the pattern of linkage disequilibrium in a genome is a powerful signal of the population genetic processes that are structuring it.
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If I understand it right, it's saying that linkage disequilibrium is when variants of different genes tend to occur together more or less often than by chance.
 
We need to get the name right. It appears to be Claire Regina Fox. Presumably in anticipation of the success of the revolution.

It is interesting to see that Wiki gives, as one of the funders of the Institute of Ideas, Novartis. Strange how the name keeps appearing. One day we will put it all together.
 
JohnTheJack said:
There has been quite a lot on this in the last 24 hours, including:
https://bylinetimes.com/2019/04/24/...ionary-communist-to-farages-right-hand-woman/
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That's the Spiked group? Ex-communist radicals funded by the psychopathic (well, well deserved) arch-libertarians Koch brothers who were railing yesterday about the "cult" of Greta Thunberg (what courage it takes to bully a 16 year-old)?

This way beyond horseshoe theory and into multi-dimensional fractals. Impressively confused. I hope to have a clear picture of this some day because it looks as entertaining as it is bizarre.
 
Estherbot said:
You may be aware that the head of the Science Media Centre is Fiona Fox. Her sister is Claire Fox who recently approved her support of the lovely Michael Sharpe and the SMC.
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Steve Hawkins comment (in this Virology blog by Steven Lubet), http://www.virology.ws/2017/07/03/t...harpes-special-ethics-seminar/comment-page-1/ also discusses the Foxes:
Incidentally, as for climate change deniers, Sharpe ought to try following a few connections within the ‘Science Media Centre’ which, no doubt, organised his lecture. CEO Fiona Fox, is sister of Claire, who has her own libertarian lobby group ‘The Institute of Ideas’, and her and her pals spent decades attacking environmentalists just for the fun of it.
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As a person of interest to people with ME, Fox (and the broader Spiked crowd and the web of support they have) is of legitimate interest, including the fact that Fox is standing for the Brexit party. However, all discussion or comments on Brexit, the Brexit party and other members of the Brexit party should be avoided.
 
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Over the years a few journalists have looked into the SMC, the history of the Foxes and the targeting of environmentalists by the SMC.

These include Nick Cohen & George Monbiot of the Guardian/Observer. I have reached out to both about Claire Fox and her MEP candidacy in the hope I can bring up ME and the SMC.

Not expecting too much, but I'll let you know if they bite :)
 
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