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Originally Posted by offTopic
Yeah, when he posts about how the virus is a hoax and also that they're taking every precaution to ensure their patients' safety, I get the sense that maybe his heart's not in the whole safety thing.
I want to make clear that I was not attempting to be political with my post. If
anyone believed in
any off-center theory without reputable proof, (flat-earth, NASA faked the moon landing, Bill Gates is having microchips injected with vaccines, etc, etc, etc), I'd question their analytical skills.
When that person's analytical ability is key to me getting good health care, I'm not using their service. Probably not limited to health-care. In my decades of software development, I've worked with several herp-a-derp types, their software universally sucked.
But, it's especially bad when a person of science, like someone in medicine, clearly does not understand basic scientific inquiry.
I happen to believe strongly in Occam's Razor and
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Originally Posted by Carl Sagan
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence
Seems like that's a good basic starting point for any analysis.
OK, sorry for the derail. I'm off my soapbox. For a little while, at least.
Last edited by golddog; 09-25-2020 at 03:00 PM.
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