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Where does one find good information? [Omitting rant on how to find truth on the internet these days, and how sad it is that has been a huge breakdown in trust
by armagon 6y ago
Where does one find good information?
[Omitting rant on how to find truth on the internet these days, and how sad it is that has been a huge breakdown in trust in our leaders.]
Similarly, is there a good place to, say, find Covid data science? I for one would like to know where the disease is actually being transmitted. It would be nice to be able to determine which interventions a state should reasonably make to fight the virus, and which look good but do nothing.
- clairity 6y ago> "Where does one find good information?" skepticism should always follow money or power--or frenzy, their more easily recognizable proxy, as in this case. there's no magic answer to your question, and finding answers in the real world is not easily outsourced to a textbook or to 'expertise'. we each must put in the work to tease out the good stuff for ourselves, as best we can (what skepticism impels). as a broader example, democracy is premised on the idea that each citizen will do at least some work discerning fact from fiction, and by the collective wonder of crowd wisdom, we'll find an optimum. democracy, or any collective action really, doesn't presume each person will individually be right, as that's obviously an impossible expectation.
- bart_spoon 6y agor/Covid19 is a good resource. It filters out news articles and political topics, only allowing scientific papers, press releases, etc. There's a lot of users there in virology, epidemiology, medicine, etc. Its by far been the most valuable source in keeping me grounded regarding the information surrounding the pandemic.