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The paragraph you quoted is, alone, pretty much enough to dismiss this entire article outright. It shows such a reckless disregard for critical thinking that it
by user-the-name 5y ago
The paragraph you quoted is, alone, pretty much enough to dismiss this entire article outright. It shows such a reckless disregard for critical thinking that it is impossible to trust anything that comes after it.
He sees a slick and well-presented site on a topic that is not only politically fraught, but well known to have a massive propaganda effort behind it, and he just completely refuses to even consider questioning it as a source? That is reckless beyond words.
- shkkmo 5y agoThe paragraph quoted is making a point about how to effectively present and communicate scientific topics, not ascribing dependability. Indeed, the entire article is a systematic rebuttal of ivmmeta's claims. Rebuttals are more convincing if you treat the topic in good faith rather than assuming fraud from the outset. I don't understand how you can see this as "reckless beyond words" when it seems like exactly the sort of systematic analysis that we need more of.
- BurningFrog 5y agoYou quoted this, but don't seem to have understood it: > Putting aside the question of accuracy and grading only on presentation and scale
- j-bos 5y agoHe uses the site as list of studies to review, and throughout the article lays out why the site itself is not a reliable source.
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- mcphage 5y ago> It shows such a reckless disregard for critical thinking that it is impossible to trust anything that comes after it. I don't think that paragraph is as complimentary as you do.
- user-the-name 5y agoI am referring to this bit in particular: "I have no idea who runs it - they’ve very reasonably kept their identity secret"
- mcphage 5y agoRight—it's like saying "I don't know who the bank robber was—they've very reasonably kept their identity secret." Sure, it's reasonable for a bank robber to get keep their identity secret, because they're doing something shady.
- user-the-name 5y agoYeah, that would be a kind of weird thing to say. Like, that specific phrasing. If you wanted to say that, you would not phrase it like that.