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Taxoro t1_jdw5662 wrote

>Results showed that these views are most often expressed by describing scientists as corruptible, poor communicators, and misleading. Commenters particularly negatively evaluated social sciences, especially psychology, calling it pseudoscientific

The irony...

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marilern1987 t1_jdw63kl wrote

These are the same people who thought they were pioneers against misinformation during Covid.

I’m no anti-masker, but it does amaze me how Redditors claimed they believe in science, and then they will go on to discredit any scientific article they don’t like, self diagnose themselves with slow metabolisms, starvation mode, and push this idea that we have insulin resistance via the internet and need to eat keto

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guiltysnark t1_je0l344 wrote

Are you describing a lack of internal self consistency in individual people, and not the cacophonous dissonance you inevitably get when you lump a large number of very, very different people together into one group?

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marilern1987 t1_je0nily wrote

I’m talking about people who spent a great deal pushing for the right science, only to follow pseudo science in other areas of their lives

If you look at the comment history of some of these people, they will argue basic physics

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Cheshire90 t1_jdygqyr wrote

I'm guessing the analysis is less reflecting on how to improve science communication and more about how it's the children who are wrong.

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DibblerTB t1_je05pqv wrote

So much social science posted here on reddit is just that, opiniated poltical overhyped garbage.

Having opinions is fine, being an intellectual drawing upon a catalogue of knowledge discussing something not explicitly studied is how society works. "Science says Im right" due to weak studies saying something remotely in your direction is concealed heavy handed politics.. It deserves no respect as science.

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