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To what extent did people and institutions deserve our trust? Speaking as a younger American, I was raised with a lot of bad science, corporate bullshit, and G
by nugget 7y ago
To what extent did people and institutions deserve our trust?
Speaking as a younger American, I was raised with a lot of bad science, corporate bullshit, and Government subsidized propaganda. The Internet just amplified contrarian voices and revealed certain truths for everybody to see. Today I feel wary, hopeful, and motivated to make it better.
- drdeadringer 7y ago> I was raised with a lot of bad science What are some examples of this bad science?
- hirundo 7y agoThe lipid hypothesis, the replication crisis, frontal lobotomies ...
- jborichevskiy 7y agoThe food pyramid pushed in all the elementary/middle schools comes to mind https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_pyramid_(nutrition)#Controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_pyramid_(nutrition)#Contr...
- WhyKill 7y agoanything in the last hundreds years related to pop sci, nutrition, or health advice.
- hos234 7y agoGood attitude. What I don't like is Adults telling kids, it's all on them to make things better. It's not on them. These Adults are the kind who don't know what else to do, and no one should be paying attention to them.
- notduncansmith 7y agoIt kind of is on us, in the sense that many people currently age 40+ are not part of the solution and are not going to be.
- hos234 7y agoLearning takes time. Most 5th graders have access to all the info 10th graders have, that doesn't mean they are ready to solve 10th grade problems.