> This is a bad take. This is a bad start to a post on HN. Less confrontational would be better. > Because even the craziest of crazies are actually doing th

> This is a bad take. This is a bad start to a post on HN. Less confrontational would be better. > Because even the craziest of crazies are actually doing the scientific method. I can name several conspiracy theories off the bat which I've heard repeated by people who have not tested the theories. The vast majority of them, at best, found a video of someone on the internet with "dr" in the username. The percent of "jet fuel can't melt steel beams" folks who have actually personally tested whether steel can lose structural integrity at such temperatures, is absolutely minuscule. > They are arguably better scientists than "trust the science" folks because at least they are getting out there and moving atoms to test shit. Reading something on the internet is moving photons and electrons at best, but I can't speak to whether a given Parler thread which convinced someone of a given conspiracy was read inside or outside.