Again I understand But the scientific community is failing to get that across to the general public. Many factors involved with that obviously. Its hard to communicate just on Twitter, but I wish there would be a more aggressive approach on addressing those misrepresenting topics
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Replying to @JonDoh_85
I wrote a post.
@gorskon wrote a post.@AboutPediatrics wrote a post. I don't know a single person in the biomedical community who sees value in anything Bossche suggests.1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes -
Contrarians and cranks always want a "public debate" with scientists. it's nearly always a bad idea for a scientist to agree. I've been explaining why for over a decade.https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/brave-brave-sir-robin/ …
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Basically, a "live debate" always favors the contrarian or crank. Always. That's because it's a lot easier to lay down BS than it is to refute it.https://respectfulinsolence.com/2013/04/26/all-truth-comes-from-public-debate-a-corollary-to-crank-magnetism/ …
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So in an age with vast amounts of information. How do we move through the nonsense and find evidence based information? It's past becoming a problem. And for the people most likely to believe things that lack evidence, a refusal to debate is often seen as being afraid.
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Replying to @JonDoh_85 @tskould and
Not that I expect a definitive answer from anyone. But personally speaking. I'd like to see more from the scientific community in addressing the nonsense publicly in a way that's accessible to many people. Maybe that's happening in a way I'm unaware of.
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Replying to @JonDoh_85 @tskould and
There are people who work tirelessly to combat misinformation.
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Replying to @ENirenberg @JonDoh_85 and
Over 16 years on blogs and several years before that on Usenet, actually.
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Usenet ..... now that’s something I haven’t read in a looong time
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That's right. I'm old...
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Replying to @gorskon @ENirenberg and
Ha. I was surprised with how old I am myself!
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