Re:Lesson of ivermectin: meta-analyses based on summary data...
by brigandish on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @09:18PM
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> I am saying that those communities of experts have decided that the question of ivermectin’s effectiveness is effectively settled.
Trials[1] don't tend to be run on settled science, so it really does seem that you've taken a position based on political arguments.
> I also never said shut down disagreement. That’s a straw man you created. Anti-vax is not a good-intentioned disagreement
You've said to shut down disagreement based on a standard that requires mind reading. How is that effectively any different from shutting down disagreement? That old Chomsky quote about Stalin being for free speech he agreed with come to mind.
> Allowing pseudoscience to flourish under some strange argument that their positions are as scientifically valid as actual science, is, frankly, nonsense.
This is an actual straw man, by the way, the comment you're replying to made no such faulty conflation.
Since mind reading is back in fashion I will do some clairvoyancy and predict that I will be labelled anti-vaxx for defending the mere possibility of disagreement and dissent. Now there's a problem with a non-zero number of the HN community you should be concerned about.
Trials[1] don't tend to be run on settled science, so it really does seem that you've taken a position based on political arguments.
> I also never said shut down disagreement. That’s a straw man you created. Anti-vax is not a good-intentioned disagreement
You've said to shut down disagreement based on a standard that requires mind reading. How is that effectively any different from shutting down disagreement? That old Chomsky quote about Stalin being for free speech he agreed with come to mind.
> Allowing pseudoscience to flourish under some strange argument that their positions are as scientifically valid as actual science, is, frankly, nonsense.
This is an actual straw man, by the way, the comment you're replying to made no such faulty conflation.
Since mind reading is back in fashion I will do some clairvoyancy and predict that I will be labelled anti-vaxx for defending the mere possibility of disagreement and dissent. Now there's a problem with a non-zero number of the HN community you should be concerned about.
[1] https://www.principletrial.org/