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- Set up a strawman caricature of your opponent's (well, so it is claimed that CT's are opponents) argument, and then demolish it. - In the name of Science (wh
by mistermann 6y ago
- Set up a strawman caricature of your opponent's (well, so it is claimed that CT's are opponents) argument, and then demolish it.
- In the name of Science (which is supposed to be based on pure evidence and logic)
I imagine this is part of a campaign to increase the public's psychological buy-in to a COVID vaccine, so perhaps the ends justify the means in fact....but still, it seems like this propaganda disguised as science technique is starting to get used a bit too frequently, to the long term detriment of science's reputation. The CP world is a hivemind, and there are some weaponized autists in there who have compiled information and articles for years, and certainly know the actual science behind vaccines & their historic risks far beyond what your typical self-proclaimed scientific-thinker thinks they know. So when propaganda hit pieces like this come out in that world, and someone drops a bomb of 50+ contradicting factual articles into the thread, opinions are formed and solidified.
It's a shame so many adults seem to have forgotten what their parents told them about lying.