Forbes: "Don't Do Your Own Research.". Just do what your societal superiors command.

[Bootney Lee Farnsworth]

https://www.forbes.com/sites/starts...J5OSKtLWyv3i268sE3iCeQZlxy0A8Bh4t5cACQDvJ5I5c
Research both sides and make up your own mind.” It’s simple, straightforward, common sense advice. And when it comes to issues like vaccinations, climate change, and the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, it can be dangerous, destructive, and even deadly.


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When they tell you to not check it out for yourself, you know you are being scammed.

The arrogance. It makes me want to murder.

 

[Agit8r]

Well, there isn't two sides to science. There is the best approximation that one can arrive at based upon the evidence, and there is anti-science.

 

[Bootney Lee Farnsworth]

Well, there isn't two sides to science. There is the best approximation that one can arrive at based upon the evidence, and there is anti-science.

You have it wrong, pal.

There are no two sides to a scientific law, but the science is RARELY settled. To stop questioning and exploring is the complete OPPOSITE of science.

They just told you to turn off your brain and let them do the thinking for you. Are you okay with that shit?

 

[progressive hunter]

Well, there isn't two sides to science. There is the best approximation that one can arrive at based upon the evidence, and there is anti-science.

you mean like there are only two genders/sexs??

 

[MisterBeale]

Interesting that you should post this. The Corbett Report just dropped another vid last night which commented on a NYT piece, which was just as audacious, and just as Orwellian in it's dystopic vision.

. . . except, this had a comment on some legislation in congress and some administrative actions behind it all.

How the Biden Administration Can Help Solve Our Reality Crisis
These steps, experts say, could prod more people to abandon the scourge of hoaxes and lies.

https://archive.is/WuDeW#selection-285.0-289.91

Appoint a ‘reality czar.’

". . . Several experts I spoke with recommended that the Biden administration put together a cross-agency task force to tackle disinformation and domestic extremism, which would be led by something like a “reality czar.”

It sounds a little dystopian, I’ll grant. But let’s hear them out.

Right now, these experts said, the federal government’s response to disinformation and domestic extremism is haphazard and spread across multiple agencies, and there’s a lot of unnecessary overlap.

Renée DiResta, a disinformation researcher at Stanford’s Internet Observatory, gave the example of two seemingly unrelated problems: misinformation about Covid-19 and misinformation about election fraud.. . "

<snip>

" . . . One bill introduced last year by two House Democrats, Representatives Anna G. Eshoo of California and Tom Malinowski of New Jersey, could help contain some of the damage. The Protecting Americans From Dangerous Algorithms Act would amend Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act to remove large tech platforms’ legal immunity for violent or violence-inciting content that their feed-ranking and recommendation systems amplified, while preserving their immunity for other user-generated content.

But you might not even need legislation to get these companies to open up. Last year, under the threat of a forced breakup, TikTok pledged to allow experts to examine its algorithm to prove it wasn’t maliciously manipulating American users. Given their current antitrust issues, other social networks might respond to a similar nudge in the direction of transparency.. . "

That's right, we are talking about selective censorship being hypothesized as a means by the establishment thinkers as being foisted off by the government onto Big Tech, either by law, or by blackmail.

. . . and they admittedly call it, dystopian.

 

[Bootney Lee Farnsworth]

Interesting that you should post this. The Corbett Report just dropped another vid last night which commented on a NYT piece, which was just as audacious, and just as Orwellian in it's dystopic vision.

. . . except, this had a comment on some legislation in congress and some administrative actions behind it all.

How the Biden Administration Can Help Solve Our Reality Crisis
These steps, experts say, could prod more people to abandon the scourge of hoaxes and lies.

https://archive.is/WuDeW#selection-285.0-289.91

Appoint a ‘reality czar.’

". . . Several experts I spoke with recommended that the Biden administration put together a cross-agency task force to tackle disinformation and domestic extremism, which would be led by something like a “reality czar.”

It sounds a little dystopian, I’ll grant. But let’s hear them out.

Right now, these experts said, the federal government’s response to disinformation and domestic extremism is haphazard and spread across multiple agencies, and there’s a lot of unnecessary overlap.

Renée DiResta, a disinformation researcher at Stanford’s Internet Observatory, gave the example of two seemingly unrelated problems: misinformation about Covid-19 and misinformation about election fraud.. . "

<snip>

" . . . One bill introduced last year by two House Democrats, Representatives Anna G. Eshoo of California and Tom Malinowski of New Jersey, could help contain some of the damage. The Protecting Americans From Dangerous Algorithms Act would amend Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act to remove large tech platforms’ legal immunity for violent or violence-inciting content that their feed-ranking and recommendation systems amplified, while preserving their immunity for other user-generated content.

But you might not even need legislation to get these companies to open up. Last year, under the threat of a forced breakup, TikTok pledged to allow experts to examine its algorithm to prove it wasn’t maliciously manipulating American users. Given their current antitrust issues, other social networks might respond to a similar nudge in the direction of transparency.. . "

That's right, we are talking about selective censorship being hypothesized as a means by the establishment thinkers as being foisted off by the government onto Big Tech, either by law, or by blackmail.

. . . and they admittedly call it, dystopian.

Literally telling us to turn off our brains and do as the elite command.

Sadly, millions of people will obey.

we are doomed

 

[Unkotare]

...

They just told you to turn off your brain and let them do the thinking for you. Are you okay with that shit?

For some people that's as simple as changing nothing at all from what they've been doing all along.

 

[Bootney Lee Farnsworth]

...

They just told you to turn off your brain and let them do the thinking for you. Are you okay with that shit?

For some people that's as simple as changing nothing at all from what they've been doing all along.

And then, they go out and vote.

 

[Michigan Swampbuck]

It can amaze me how so many people will abandon reason for something that is presented as "fact" that is actually a consensus of some group or the other.

There are many different scientific theories on numerous subjects and many of these theories conflict with each other. Solid scientific "facts" are only as solid as the theories that have survived the trials of the scientific method. But even scientific facts can and do change when new theories emerge.

Very often the "science" is used to defend the agenda of a group that will present the "facts" that are disputed by competing scientific theories. They will use celebrity spokes people like Bill Nye or experts like Dr. Fauci to push one theory over another to defend their position with the "facts" they claim are undisputed. This is a great propaganda tool to shut down any counter argument based on the "science" they use while rejecting any other scientific studies that don't suit their needs.

 

[Bootney Lee Farnsworth]

It can amaze me how so many people will abandon reason for something that is presented as "fact" that is actually a consensus of some group or the other.

There are many different scientific theories on numerous subjects and many of these theories conflict with each other. Solid scientific "facts" are only as solid as the theories that have survived the trials of the scientific method. But even scientific facts can and do change when new theories emerge.

Very often the "science" is used to defend the agenda of a group that will present the "facts" that are disputed by competing scientific theories. They will use celebrity spokes people like Bill Nye or experts like Dr. Fauci to push one theory over another to defend their position with the "facts" they claim are undisputed. This is a great propaganda tool to shut down any counter argument based on the "science" they use while rejecting any other scientific studies that don't suit their needs.

Very well said.

I would only add that the scientific method is only used to disprove, not prove. So, by it's very nature, science cannot prove anything.

 

[Michigan Swampbuck]

I see your added point, an interesting distinction.

Even if, by a process of elimination, science could eventually come around to the truth of one theory or the other, the theory will still have to stand up against any scientific debate that would endeavor to "disprove" it.

 

[Bootney Lee Farnsworth]

I see your added point, an interesting distinction.

Even if, by a process of elimination, science could eventually come around to the truth of one theory or the other, the theory will still have to stand up against any scientific debate that would endeavor to "disprove" it.

Agreed