abaoabao2010
abaoabao2010 t1_izprms2 wrote
Reply to An analysis of 4511 vaccine-related tweets show that anti-vaccine messaging tends to focus on the "harmful" nature of vaccines, based on personal values and beliefs rather than hard facts. Anonymity did not affect the type of content posted, but did affect volume of content. by glawgii
The easiest way to sell lies is to base your arguments on emotion and feelings. Of course it's no different for anti vax.
abaoabao2010 t1_ixqq5rz wrote
Reply to comment by soztech in Polarization around climate change is growing on Twitter. Since COP21, engagement with climate sceptics has grown 4 times faster than pro-climate content. At the same time, criticism of the COP summits as a failure has grown 5-fold. by fractalfalcon
It actually has, and always will.
For example, peer review is essentially crowd censorship of shitposts, but specifically by people in the field. That's why papers that you can find are usually more reliable than random twitter posts.
abaoabao2010 t1_ixqpu34 wrote
Reply to comment by UniversalMomentum in Polarization around climate change is growing on Twitter. Since COP21, engagement with climate sceptics has grown 4 times faster than pro-climate content. At the same time, criticism of the COP summits as a failure has grown 5-fold. by fractalfalcon
People are dumb.
People vote with their wallets.
Studying the behaviors of dumb people is not just real science, it's extremely impactful science.
abaoabao2010 t1_j1zs557 wrote
Reply to comment by _--00--_ in Anti-transgender legislation associated with suicide-related Internet searches when the state had a high LGBT population density. by Respawan
Pro tip: statistics cares not about anecdotal cases, as long as there's a high correlation between two different things.
Using your logic, you can arrive at stupid conclusions like: getting stabbed is good for your longevity, because there's these two people, one of whom got stabbed but is still alive today, but the other was killed by a car last year while never getting stabbed.