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It takes no effort to come up with made up antivax lines of reasoning since they don’t have to be true. Disproving them takes much more effort so it’s worth knowing the most common ones.
Disproving them can work if they are debunked by dedicated people. Education can work. It’s just foolhardy to try to debunk them if you aren’t some YouTuber who’s dedicated to constantly debating and debunking these type of people. If you constantly educate people on why this stuff is wrong, less people may fall into this stuff in the first place, prevention is a necessary and doable thing.
Disproving them won’t even change antivaxer minds but it’s more about not being caught off-guard by bullshit. Education won’t fix it either. Those magical thinking movements are built on ruling elites being being proven untrustworthy time and time again.
It won’t change antivaxxer minds, but it probably would prevent those who would be affected by their rhetoric, woo, and misinformation. Those who are on the precipice of going antivax or full antivax. I’ve learned that you can’t just think about changing the minds of those who you are talking to, because you probably can’t change their minds, but you do have to worry about convincing people who are listening into that conversation.
Disproving them can work
No
My libertarian friend fully believes in this shit. It’s good to publicly denounce these frauds with evidence to help fight the disinformation campaigns being waged.
We need ways to counter them. If nobody counters when they warn about whatever made up junk they have someone else will believe them. I don’t know how to country them though - it is harder than you might think. There have been a couple real conspiracies in history and if they accuse you of being in one how do you prove you are not?
Arguably best way to counter misinformation is non-platforming it. Mere provable facts and impeccable logic have a dogshit success rate.
The problem is other platforms exist. not jst social media, but daycare dropoff or coffee shops.
Then what’s your counter?
I wish I knew. So far I haven’t seen one that works. It is despirataly needed.
why not just call it what they think it is: Magic.
I am really surprised that science blaming can still be turned into a cult in 2024
What is not understood can often be turned into horror, and by Odin do most people not understand shit. Mind you we are all ignorant of most things due to the nature of reality, the problem is assuming you know the unknown.
The more you know the more you realize what you don’t know. If you don’t know jack shit to start. And learn horse shit your still don’t know jack shit. And the realization never hits.
Does mean that the unvaccinated anti-vaxers will keep away from the vaccinated??
ooh, a link to Science Based Medicine, a really high quality blog. Love these guys
Did you forget the /s?
no, Science Based Medicine is a class act, focusing on improving medical care, and care that’s science based instead of feelings.
That’s pretty cool. Thanks for sharing!
The few that are still alive?
How many quacks are doing this?
