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> The pro-evolutionary theory videos would typically be substantive scientific talks or lectures that require patience and critical thinking in order to underst
by golergka 8y ago
> The pro-evolutionary theory videos would typically be substantive scientific talks or lectures that require patience and critical thinking in order to understand.
There's a LOT of very low-brow, fast-food content on the "left", too. Videos that just makes fun of how stupid anti-vaxxers are, generate outrage about global warming while being very light on scientific data and hard of apocaliptic imaging, generate fear and anxiety about the rise of fascism and nazism, repeating the idea that Trump is literally Hitler and Theresa May is his Mussolini...
I'm not trying to make any point about whether those things are true or false, by the way. Just about the level of propaganda and emotional manipulation on both sides.
- citation_please 8y agoYou're at least somewhat correct, at least judging by the headlines on realclearpolitics, for example, or by browsing politically opposed subreddits simultaneously. But I'm really astounded that you've said that anti-vaxxers are specifically right-wing. I thought it was a bit more like the flat-earth phenomenon where it's unclear who is being satirical, who supports it simply because of some disposition to conspiracy, and who actually believes that they've found evidence more compelling than the near entirety of the foundation of our scientific system - the same scientific system that has managed to create the device of incomprehensible complexity on which you're reading this comment.
- jancsika 8y agoAre you saying that Youtube's recommendation system is favoring the poorest quality and/or most outrage-inducing videos on these topics for you?