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Peter Thiel is utterly wrong about Alzheimer's

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New York Times columnist Ross Douthat and venture capitalist and PayPal founder Peter Thiel gave an opinion interview this morning .

Thiel was given free reign to discuss a variety of topics across over an hour of softball questions.

Thiel is a Trump booster whose allies — including Vice President JD Vance — now litter the White House .

He said: "We’ve made zero progress in 40 to 50 years . People are completely stuck on beta amyloids".

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