[andrewclunn]

The worst comments are the flagged ones. The most untrue are the dead ones. Trust the establishment to not falsely characterize their critics. Why woudl anyone call something that opens with, "With the rise of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., brain worms have gotten a bad rap..." a hit piece?

Oh baby, give me that big pharma K street revolving door propaganda! Empiricism is dead, credentialism gutted it to make a skin suit that academia now wears, so it's the science now! Preventative care is only legitimate if you pay the health industry for it! I look forward to the day when we can just label anyone who doesn't trust "the science" as insane so we can lock them up. Maybe if I'm a good boy they'll give me a weekly vaccine to protect me from misinformation. I wouldn't want to risk me having unapproved positions if I'm accidentally exposed.

[pixelatedindex]

> Empiricism is dead, credentialism gutted it to make a skin suit that academia now wears, so it's the science now!

What does this mean? I’d imagine you can’t just buy the credentials (there’s no lack of trying though), but like… what’s the litmus test? There’s also a concept called peer-reviews, which generally gets people of varying credentials who work in the field to weigh in on the matter.

> I look forward to the day when we can just label anyone who doesn't trust "the science" as insane so we can lock them up.

There’s no such thing as “the science” as much as you want it to be. Science is a process, it changes with more data. You trust the data, not the science.

> Preventative care is only legitimate if you pay the health industry for it!

Nobody is saying that. For example, people have been taking some form of lemon and honey to ward off things common cold, fever, etc. But for new diseases, there’s no preventative care (by definition).

> Maybe if I'm a good boy they'll give me a weekly vaccine to protect me from misinformation.

Now you’re talking like an idiot. Nobody ever in the scientific field says shit like this. Shame on you. Where did your critical thinking skills go?