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xocetaceans

(4,341 posts) Mon Dec 29, 2025, 02:06 PM 2 hrs ago

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Beyond the Noise #88: Debating Science: No Thanks

The continual offer of debates by anti-vaxxers misses the point of scientific communication which is based on the presentation of analyzed data and such subsequent conclusions which pertain to that analysis by publishing those together as a paper in a high-quality, peer-reviewed journal. Debates are the field of rhetoric, not data analysis. Anti-vaxxers, having no data but merely emotionally fraught anecdotes, must only debate to maintain their grift.

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Beyond the Noise #88: Debating Science: No Thanks (Original Post) xocetaceans 2 hrs ago OP

The problem is that no matter how well the argument is presented and how rigorous the science was Botany 1 hr ago #1

Emotionally fraught anecdotes BOSSHOG 55 min ago #2

Botany

(76,293 posts)

1. The problem is that no matter how well the argument is presented and how rigorous the science was

Reply to xocetaceans (Original post)

Mon Dec 29, 2025, 03:42 PM

1 hr ago

… done we have a % of Americans who refuse to listen to the facts.

BOSSHOG

(44,645 posts)

2. Emotionally fraught anecdotes

Reply to xocetaceans (Original post)

Mon Dec 29, 2025, 03:47 PM

55 min ago

The number one tool of maga intellectuals.

Or a cool name for a band

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