Skeptics challenge practices but accept where the evidence leads, changing their beliefs when necessary. Antivaxxers like Ms. Margulis don’t change their beliefs when the evidence warrants. 1/ https://twitter.com/JenniferMarguli/status/1225173526019280897 …
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@JenniferMarguli demonstrates herself to be antivax. 2/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2018/04/25/jennifer-margulis-rising-star-antivaccine/ …1 reply 2 retweets 27 likesShow this thread -
Any fool can “take on the establishment” and “question” scientific consensus, but doing so based on misinformation, bad science, and pseudoscience is NOT skepticism. 3/3
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Replying to @gorskon
It's true. There is a lot of misinformation about. That is why people need to trust their instinct more often. This frequently entails taking a step back when advice coming from the "establishment" may do more harm than good.
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Replying to @aislingcvisions
“Instincts” are unreliable and frequently mislead,
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Actually you should be most skeptical, when you are not following or believing the consensus of experts. Self skeptical. Are my instincts really right. How can all these people be wrong and I am right. (Think I am right) did I miss something
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Replying to @MarkRap40434853 @gorskon
Yes (I know) that is close but this suggests to me a conflict between head and heart, gut vs brain. When we really know something isn't right, it starts as a feeling first. Cut to the chase, trusting the gut instinct takes courage and practice. Action is secondary
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Replying to @aislingcvisions @gorskon
I am aware that sometimes we feel things that we might not be consciously aware of. And if one is being risk adverse it may be a good idea to follow ones gut. My n=1. The first time I underwent general anesthesia, I had a gut feeling I was going to die 1/
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Replying to @MarkRap40434853 @gorskon
Scientifically speaking (although I am not a scientist), that conflict you were talking about Mark, makes me think of all the wisdom held in the body. Eg.fight, flight freeze, trust vs resist. Flex vs contract. All there and society ignores it, "leave it to the experts instead"
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Of course, a lot of that “wisdom held in the body” ends up causing harm. Excessive activation of the flight-or-fight reflex causes a lot of problems. Sepsis is largely an overactivation of the body’s response to major infection. The body’s wisdom is frequently not so wise,
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Replying to @gorskon @MarkRap40434853
Good to see you back in the discussion David. However nothing, could be further from the truth.
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Replying to @aislingcvisions @MarkRap40434853
It’s not as though these things haven’t been studied.
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