Re:Three authors retract study on hydroxychloroquine and chl...
by walterbell on Thursday June 04, 2020 @11:16PM
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There are well-intentioned and capable people who have done their due diligence and ended up on different sides of this topic. What's interesting about this particular "social media" discussion are the real world consequences and incompatibility of some positions.
If the list of possible scenarios includes death, and people have invested the time to reach informed conclusions in consultation with their doctors, perhaps their choices can be respected.
Re:Three authors retract study on hydroxychloroquine and chl...
by marvin on Friday June 05, 2020 @03:45AM
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I haven't heard the phrase "curb stomp" used in science before. That type of emotional language would seem to me to indicate a wish to defend a certain position, rather than evaluate evidence independently and accept an answer of "we don't know with certainty yet" if things seem inconclusive.
Re:Three authors retract study on hydroxychloroquine and chl...
by claytongulick on Thursday June 04, 2020 @10:27PM
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Perhaps your exhaustion stems from defending a position, rather than seeking knowledge?
Re:Three authors retract study on hydroxychloroquine and chl...
by h2odragon on Thursday June 04, 2020 @10:12PM
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No matter how hard you pout about it some people just won't share your enlightenment. so frustrating, isn't it? Almost as if others have as much right to their own worldview as you do yours. Even if you really think they're wrong.
But, I'm completely exhausted.
Between arguing against racists and arguing against bad politics during a global health epidemic and trying to catch and counter some of the relentless stream of disinformation on this and so many other subjects -- and all without any intervention at all from any of the social media platforms that enable all of this, including HN -- I'm tired, and discouraged, and dispirited.
I need to go away for a while. I hope someone else has the time and energy to curb stomp random dude's 25 page Google Doc minutes before someone else cites 25 pages of different BS.