Unfortunately, this category of misinformation they are trying to solve for does not appear to include things like p-value hacking, sample bias, n=few, publicat

Unfortunately, this category of misinformation they are trying to solve for does not appear to include things like p-value hacking, sample bias, n=few, publication bias, obfuscated code and models, irreproducible results that support talking points, working the ref, noble lies, narrative control, blackmail, and diversion and other activism tactics. There is this game of chicken, where people affiliated with authorities (like the authors) are lying to sustain a narrative, and when you call them on it, their reaction is to shrug as though they are merely a prosecutor advocating on behalf of their just case, and as though they are not being held to standards of truth or civil discourse. The people concerned about fighting misinformation should probably admit they belong to a class of people who have also been complicit in producing it in the first place. I don't think this is a question of science, it's one of reconciliation. The kernel of truth of every conspiracy theory is that you are being lied to by someone, and it's just a quesiton of whether you think that matters or not. Above a certain level of education, there is a belief that if you just protect the narrative, the narrative will protect you, but for people who can sense when they are being decieved, this is an evil worth courting civil conflict over. I can only assume the talking heads and censors know this and don't care, which of course, exacerbates the conflict, because it just confirms the suspicions of people who know they are being lied to. The people lying don't think they're lying because that presupposes the existence of truth - a premise they reject, because when all is narrative, power, and perception, it doesn't matter. Maybe they know they're nihilists, maybe they don't. The consequences of this conflict over whether Truth exists at all have only been relatively cold and non-violent because the people being lied to don't want to escalate it, because they understand the consequences, and so they have contorted themselves into believing that the people lying to them are just idiots. The moment they detect the self awareness on the part of the people lying to them, and the utter mendacity can no longer be ignored, it's going to go up in flames really fast. This article is just an example of rearranging deck chairs on the titanic.