Oh, to have the confidence of some anonymous social media users who believe they are experts in every scientific field.

🫡

That sounds flaky.

This is false because my pony tail isn’t that long.

If I’m getting catcalled on social media then no one is safe.

Narcissism is a robust predictor of belief in conspiracy theories.

sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

We are not entitled to our opinions; we are entitled to our informed opinions.

Without research, without background, without understanding, it’s nothing. It’s just bibble-babble.

It’s like a fart in a wind tunnel, folks.

- Harlan Ellison

A 'medical intuitive' is an alternative medicine practitioner who claims to be able to use their intuition to understand your health condition.

It is pure magical thinking and grift.

But you wouldn't know that if you read and believed the nonsense in pseudoscientific journals.

Every. Single. Day.

Yep, the research community debates. It disagrees. Argues. Challenges. I've been involved in thousands of research meetings, events, etc. It is often messy & tense!

But false balance & bothsidesism ≠ honest debate. My take: healthydebate.ca/2023/08/topic/…

That sounds flaky.

EMF is an acronym for electromagnetic fields.

'Electromagnetic hypersensitivity' is a fake diagnosis promoted in the alternative medicine community to sell you pieces of metal to protect (scam) you from getting sick from electromagnetic fields.

sciencebasedmedicine.org/electromagneti…

This is false because my pony tail isn’t that long.

People who fall for conspiracy theories have a greater tendency to detect patterns.

But those patterns aren’t real. They’re random and illusory: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ej…

'Debating the science' describes exactly what experts do everyday in the scientific literature.

It's not a UCP political event hosted by members of the anti-vaccine movement who’ve been sanctioned by their regulatory bodies for spreading misinformation. 🤷🏻‍♂️

If I’m getting catcalled on social media then no one is safe.

I demand higher quality troll farms.

Narcissism is a robust predictor of belief in conspiracy theories.

sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

We are not entitled to our opinions; we are entitled to our informed opinions.

Without research, without background, without understanding, it’s nothing. It’s just bibble-babble.

It’s like a fart in a wind tunnel, folks.

- Harlan Ellison