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Re:Time to assume that health research is fraudulent until p... by zucker42 on Monday July 19, 2021 @03:12PM (#27886228)
Well of course I'm not going to believe blatantly fraudulent "science". That has nothing to do whether or not I would take a COVID vaccine (I have). Trying to suppress the truth that there is shoddy or false research to keep up appearances is ridiculous. There's something between ignoring scientific evidence you dislike and credulously taking everything a scientist says as fact.

And the "dangers of misinformation" have been high for a long time now (perhaps since antiquity). Modern climate change denial has its roots in the 90s, and modern vaccine skepticism is similarly old.

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Re:Time to assume that health research is fraudulent until p... by adolph on Monday July 19, 2021 @03:17PM (#27886282)
What is your plan for identifying the "blatantly fraudulent?"

How do you know your medical provider agrees with you about what is "blatantly fraudulent?"

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Re:Time to assume that health research is fraudulent until p... by joshuaissac on Monday July 19, 2021 @04:58PM (#27887178)
> What is your plan for identifying the "blatantly fraudulent?"

One way is to assume that all health research is fraudulent, unless proven otherwise through replication by multiple unrelated parties.

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