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Re:A Conflict of Blurred Visions: Response to Scott Alexande... by adolph on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @05:41PM (#29572510)
The lesson I took away has never abandoned me. Not only can people in power be badly mistaken in matters pertaining to their fields of expertise, but internet communities can dig into a situation deep enough to figure out in real-time that said people in power are wrong.
Re:A Conflict of Blurred Visions: Response to Scott Alexande... by dekhn on Thursday December 16, 2021 @10:14AM (#29578930)
flagged because aspiring philosophers are not qualified to evaluate medical studies.
Re:A Conflict of Blurred Visions: Response to Scott Alexande... by jb1991 on Friday December 17, 2021 @04:17AM (#29589766)
I notice you often flag articles without actually diving into them to see if they are in fact without the merit you claim.
Re:A Conflict of Blurred Visions: Response to Scott Alexande... by dekhn on Friday December 17, 2021 @10:01AM (#29593047)
I read the article, it's not very useful.

Philosophers writing about ivermectin are just wasting everybody's time. The medical community moved on a while ago.

Re:A Conflict of Blurred Visions: Response to Scott Alexande... by DrHilarius on Thursday December 16, 2021 @02:02PM (#29582328)
Would think it would then be a trivial matter to point to some sort of actual errors in reasoning or conclusions in the actual post.
Re:A Conflict of Blurred Visions: Response to Scott Alexande... by jb1991 on Friday December 17, 2021 @04:17AM (#29589769)
This is the MO of the OP.