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Pretty sure doing your own research turns you into a conspiracy theorist; so I don’t think we’re supposed to do that anymore.
by ghthor 9mo ago
Pretty sure doing your own research turns you into a conspiracy theorist; so I don’t think we’re supposed to do that anymore.
- krapp 9mo agoNo it doesn't. Conspiracy theorists don't actually do research. If they did, that might risk invalidating their theory.
- AnimalMuppet 9mo agoAt least some conspiracy theorists do selective research.
- antisthenes 9mo agoSelective research is an oxymoron. The word for it is cherry-picking and it is better classified as a fallacy.
- ben_w 9mo agoIMO, the problem is that you must learn what "research" actually entails before attempting it, so that you don't fall into the trap of that fallacy. Most people… eh. I don't know about the rest of the world, and my experience was in the 90s, but for me GCSE triple science was a list of facts to regurgitate in exams, and although we did also have practical sessions those weren't scored by how well we did Popperian falsification (a thing I didn't even learn about it until my entirely optional chosen-for-fun A-level in Philosophy; I don't know if A-level sciences teaches that).
- esalman 9mo agoHaha that's a good one. Maybe just do a "@grok is that true?".