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Originally Posted by Rococo
Are you happy that garbage like that is in your twitter feed?
The "garbage" is not always going to be wrong, and the politically correct narrative isn't always going to be right. I think it is important to get exposure to different perspectives and then use deductive reasoning (and community notes) to try to figure out what is really going on.
For example when the establishment says that differences in incarceration are due to systemic racism and show no data, but "garbage" sources says incarceration rates are actually fairly consistent with crime rates and show a whole bunch of data to support their argument; then one can use deductive reasoning to determine which argument is more correct. Provided they actually allow themselves to be exposed to the "garbage" in the first place that is.
On the other hand, when it comes to mRNA vaccinations, unless there is some long term negative side effects down the line we haven't seen yet, at this point the data is pretty clear that the establishment is generally correct and the "garbage" incorrect, and vaccination has overall been protective, although in children the disease itself is so generally mild I doubt you are making a big -EV health decision either way.
Last edited by Dunyain; 08-27-2023 at 10:05 PM.