Knowledge Overconfidence and Anti-Consensus Views

Taylor Nichols, MD
7 min readMay 31, 2023
The cover of the new book “We Want Them Infected” by Dr. Jonathan Howard
Credentialed COVID contrarians contributed to the creation, rise, and perpetuation of disinformation and misinformation throughout the pandemic

Caveat: I am not a psychiatrist nor am I the physician treating the individuals discussed here. I am not trying to make diagnoses from online behavior or activity. I am only noting here that these specific behaviors align with specific enumerated traits as listed in the DSM-V. I cannot make a statement about these people individually.

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Taylor Nichols, MD

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