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Re:Why Is Scientific Illiteracy So Acceptable? by lordnacho on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @12:06PM (#25200381)
I have actually met medical doctors who believed in homeopathy. My point isn't that they wouldn't exist if things were taught properly.

For a start, schools could teach people about how we actually unravel truths from statistics. It's a bit unfortunate that one of the most famous books in the area is called "How to Lie with Statistics". But all those things you mention, did you learn them in school? No, you tend to learn the conclusions but not the reasoning behind.

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Re:Why Is Scientific Illiteracy So Acceptable? by zamfi on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @07:35PM (#25215833)
> I have actually met medical doctors who believed in homeopathy. My point isn't that they wouldn't exist if things were taught properly.

What...is your point then?

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Re:Why Is Scientific Illiteracy So Acceptable? by lordnacho on Thursday November 26, 2020 @08:28AM (#25219828)
The point is that your critical thinking journey is a journey. Yes, most people would think "oh, homeopathy in a doctor, what went wrong?" but what people should be doing is going through the thought process of what to believe about claims and evidence in the medical sphere.
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