Scientific Consensus is extremely fallible

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[–]Site_rly_sux 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (10 children)

Yup and famously CRISPR, the w3 standards, and nuclear fusion were all projects by people with no more knowledge on the topic than could be gained from picking up a library book.

(Also come on. Nobody here is going to their library for a book. Know your audience dude)

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (9 children)

They my have knowledge but they are still human.

Basic facts like the size of a virus particle and the size of holes in cloth mask are enough to tell the experts were wrong. Basic statistics would tell you the so called pandemic was a scamdemic.

[–]Site_rly_sux 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

Bruh now you're pretending to be an expert, and you already said people don't have to believe experts. So I think I'll write you off as a moron lunatic and stick with the qualified and educated speakers on the topic, thanks.

Basic statistics? Like what a person could gather if they

Just go to a library and get educated in the basics

Ok moron what's the name of the basic statistical book you picked up at the library? Tell me the name of the library book on which you're basing this. Because I do believe it's plucked out your ass

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

I'm not appealing to my authority. I'm appealing to physical facts and asking you to think about it. Understand the science.

PCR tests and the fact that flu was mislabeled as covid showed us that the cases were not sampled correctly.

Maybe All of Statistics by Wasserman, Statistical Inference by Casella and Berger or Probability and Statistics by deGroot. Or if they are too complicated fo you could try OpenIntro Statistics.

[–]Site_rly_sux 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

I'm not appealing to my authority. I'm appealing to physical facts and asking you to think about it. Understand the science

I will rather listen to people qualified and experienced in the matter, thanks. Because from such people we get space travel, the internet and microchips. Whereas from you we just get hot air and unearned smugness

Statistics

Were those books written by experts, do you think? Or morons like you ... :~\

Now explain how you applied anything you read in those books to COVID data to come to your moronic conclusions.

And the data better not have been gathered by experts either, because you only believe basic library books and laymen

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Okay, you can "trust the science" and appeal to authority over in that corner. I'll continue in understanding the science and critical thinking.

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/04/commentary-masks-all-covid-19-not-based-sound-data

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/flu-has-disappeared-worldwide-during-the-covid-pandemic1/

https://www.health.com/condition/infectious-diseases/coronavirus/cdc-pcr-test

[–]Site_rly_sux 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Ok you can "trust your uneducated moronic self" and appeal to smugness over in that corner. I'll continue being aware that I'm not an expert in fields other people are experts in

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority

[–]Site_rly_sux 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Stop trying to tell me that airplanes can fly, I'm no aeronautic so that's an argument from authority.

Stop lying to yourself that your phone is connected to the internet. You didn't invent the internet so that's an argument from authority.

Stop putting things in your fridge to make them colder. You didn't design the fridge, someone else did, so that's an argument from authority.

Stop pretending that Indonesia is a real country. You haven't been there, you're relying on statements from others who have. That's an argument from authority.

Stop pretending that the world existed before 2004 when you were born. You weren't there to see it so that's an argument from authority.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

You're just mad I can back up what I say without saying "take my word on it". You were expecting me to have nothing backing up what I say.

Back to the topic of scientific consensus:

https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/michael-crichton-explains-why-there-is-no-such-thing-as-consensus-science/