Weighing in on this debate: 1) Tackling pseudoscience properly (not in a drive-by fashion) can teach critical thinking skills and basic scientific concepts to a public that desperately needs it.
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Replying to @crackedscience @VPrasadMDMPH
Indeed. I've learned to read the medical literature much more critically by taking on alternative medicine claims.
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Dr. Prasad is also incorrect that there is "no evidence." Often there are many studies of various alternative medicine modalities that are touted as positive and superficially appear positive. You have to dig down deep into the methods and analyses to figure out why they are not.
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Examples include acupuncture (of course), any number of supplements and other treatments, and, yes, even homeopathy.
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I always think that people who present debunking pseudoscience as trivial have rarely tried, or looked into the astonishing prevalence and detrimental effect these modalities can have
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As a layperson, I think Dr. Prasad also underestimates the value of “flooding the zone” with correct information.
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Yes, that's the information deficit model, which posits that people believe misinformation because of a lack of access to correct information and science and this misinformation can be countered work good inform.
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Unfortunately, the age of social media had shown that Thai model is incorrect. Just providing good information is not nearly enough to counter misinformation.
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Maybe not counter directly, but the more there is, at least will give good info a fighting chance in search/social media algorithms.
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