Last weekend, I went to Manifest 2024, which was like a cross between a summer camp and a family reunion. I wasn’t surprised that Manifest attracted media interest, but I was taken aback by the shabbiness of Jason Wilson and Ali Winston’s report for the Guardian. The Guardian article makes several basic factual errors. A recent Guardian article about events hosted at our conference venue Lighthaven is full of simple factual inaccuracies. Events like Manifest allow society’s gadflies to defend themselves, rather than to be punished for their beliefs.