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“…good news to those of us who’ve been told ad nauseum that we should be very careful about stating our informed opinions on matters on which we are not experts.”

Excellent post! 👍🏻👍🏻

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Apr 2·edited Apr 2Liked by Ken Hiebert

Another recent post related to this topical thread.

https://reason.com/video/2024/04/02/the-bad-science-behind-jonathan-haidts-anti-social-media-crusade/

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Mar 26·edited Mar 26Liked by Ken Hiebert

"Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships." --Stephen Covey

"The great enemy of clear language is insincerity" --George Orwell

"Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts." --Richard Feynman

http://www.fotuva.org/feynman/what_is_science.html

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Here's the latest example of the replication crisis in Canada, and surprise, surprise - it's also related to DEI...

https://tnc.news/2024/04/04/studies-diversity-corporate-performance-flawed/

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Ken do you even have a high school diploma? 😆

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I was alarmed reading the findings of Mr.. Ioannidis, until I realized that, by his own calculations, his findings are most likely false. He’s gotten himself stuck in a bit of a catch 22 there, poor guy. Lol

In all seriousness, this is a real problem and we should be very concerned, BUT there’s more than one factor contributing to the public’s lack of trust in science.

For one, there are incredibly deep-pocketed and powerful interest groups dedicated in full to undermining the public’s trust in science. After decades and billions spent to this end, surely we can expect their efforts to bear fruit.

https://woodsinstitute.stanford.edu/system/files/publications/Global-Warming-Fox-News.pdf

Second, the rise of social media has removed the ‘town square’ - the commonly accepted truths that helped us to find common understanding on all kinds of issues. We are now free to pick and choose our favorite versions of what’s true and what’s not. Well before anyone had ever heard of the little virus from Wuhan, the antivaxx movement was exploding in popularity, thanks to social media.

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