• IHave69XiBucks
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    3 days ago

    Yeah thats the thing about anti-science behavior not only is it harmful directly but it has indirect effects of making it harder to actually approach things from a proper scientific perspective. Since we should honestly be skeptical of everything, but “skepticism” has been high jacked by these reactionary assholes who use the word to mean “i just dont believe anything scientists say”

    • UlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.netOP
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      3 days ago

      More often than not “debunked” tends to mean “no, I don’t like that and I found a Youtuber that agrees with me,” and that sucks.