One problem is the people telling us to just “follow the science” rarely seem to understand the interaction between things science can and has resolved and the unknowns and trade-offs that cannot be resolved by appeals to “The Science.” They’re often using science as a talisman.https://twitter.com/jflier/status/1345417443909500931 …
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Basically, the hazard is that cranks, conspiracy theorists, and deniers will cherry pick and misrepresent that data in order to promote their conspiracy theories and disinformation.
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Science deniers will, for example, hone in on one part of one panel of one figure or one line of one table and try to use that to discredit entire scientific consensuses. I've seen antivaxxers do it more times than I can remember.
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Favor SHARING data. Freudian slip, maybe?


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