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In principle, the truth could be either of a. social media is strongly positive for kids, and Haidt is at best cherry-picking evidence and at worst being act
by red_admiral 2y ago
In principle, the truth could be either of
a. social media is strongly positive for kids, and Haidt is at best cherry-picking evidence and at worst being actively dishonest.
b. social media is strongly negative for kids, but there's lots of money involved and so people are trying to shut down anyone who says otherwise, just like the tobacco industry kept yelling "it's disputed! it's not proven!"
- pjc50 2y agoc. social media is negative and positive, probably averaging negative, but people writing pop-sci tend to be hacks. It's possible for someone to be directionally correct and all their evidence is garbage; a common problem in progressive social causes.
- dathinab 2y agoThe world in general tend to not work in extrema. I think there is a good reason Haidts work is disputed, but that doesn't mean there is no truth in it either.