I will? No, no I won't. And no, you don't become less-informed by taking in information. You become ill-informed if you choose to believe incomplete, partial, o

I will? No, no I won't. And no, you don't become less-informed by taking in information. You become ill-informed if you choose to believe incomplete, partial, or misleading information. But that's your choice. Some people read a fairy tale and believe it--not the fairy tale's fault. To me it seems like you're absolving yourself of responsibility. If I don't understand the nature of a study then I take it for what it is: a report about results of a study I don't understand. I choose whether or not to believe it based on partial data. It doesn't make me believe it. I may believe it, or parts of it, or none of it. I make that decision.