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The scientific community widely agrees One has to wonder how a "Fact Check" site can make an assertion like this without any provided list of references. What
by kirse 6y ago
The scientific community widely agrees
One has to wonder how a "Fact Check" site can make an assertion like this without any provided list of references. What exactly does "widely agree" even mean? Was there some sort of statistical polling they did to establish that? Exactly what percentage of the scientific community constitutes "widely" anyways?
In fact, this website appears to enjoy using the word "widely" within articles to make all sorts of broadly generic assertions without any numerical/statistical basis.
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Afullfact.org%20widely https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Afullfact.org%20...
Obviously this has nothing to do with conclusion of the paper, but this "many scientists agree" lingo that shows up in various places (Wiki articles, fact-check sites, news, etc) can really be used to push a narrative without any sort of rigor. Personally I look forward to the day where I get to meet the "they" in "you know, they say..."
- cooliosis 6y agoPutting "all scientists agree" in quotes when that isn't in the source material is highly misleading. Edit: op edited their post
- theknocker 6y agoThank you for helping OP articulate their extremely good point.
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