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> The lead "researcher" on that paper is a climate change denier who also claims covid didn't exist. He also used racial slurs against a former colleague. I in
by youarentrightjr 10mo ago
> The lead "researcher" on that paper is a climate change denier who also claims covid didn't exist. He also used racial slurs against a former colleague.
I invite you to read another important Wikipedia article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_the_well https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_the_well
No doubt Denis Rancourt holds false and reprehensible beliefs. But you can defeat his claims without attacking his person.
- cthalupa 10mo agoI would argue that his general stance on COVID is HIGHLY relevant and not poisoning the well, as is his general stance on other science-related topics, which climate change definitely is. If someone claims that COVID doesn't even exist then I think it is quite fair to immediately discard anything they have to say on this topic. Mentioning his racism is perhaps poisoning the well, but the other stuff I think is relevant.