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A comment on Royal Society cautions against censorship of scientific misinformation online. Parent comment

Re:Royal Society cautions against censorship of scientific m... by goodluckchuck on Sunday January 30, 2022 @08:15PM (#30143272)
By distrust, do you mean “blindly believe SMEs to be wrong just because they’re an SME” or “fail to blindly believe what SMEs say?”

If people don’t understand a complex subject, then I think they should neither endorse nor reject SMEs’ opinions on the matter. People don’t have to have a belief about everything. Maybe they’re right. Maybe they’re not. Blind trust is dangerous.

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Re:Royal Society cautions against censorship of scientific m... by Cyph0n on Sunday January 30, 2022 @09:19PM (#30143736)
More like "blindly believe SMEs to be wrong because I watched a few YouTube videos".
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Re:Royal Society cautions against censorship of scientific m... by Mountain_Skies on Monday January 31, 2022 @08:18AM (#30147563)
How do you know those with opinions different from yours based those opinions completely on a few YouTube videos?
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