Link: [Most Depressing Discovery About the Brain Ever]
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Are there implications for Skeptical outreach?
Specifically: are current Skeptical outreach programs 'fact based'? Are they capable of achieving their objectives?
This is related to my thoughts on the [Drawing the line between free speech and skepticism] thread. How much of what organized skepticism does is simply for the members' personal entertainment and therefore external outcomes (ie: changing the public's mind about something like healthfraud) don't really matter anyway?
ETA: sorry, the title just has a URL in it... the website evidently bypasses copy/paste function and puts just the URL in the clipboard. I didn't notice until after I submitted.
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When people are misinformed, giving them facts to correct those errors only makes them cling to their beliefs more tenaciously. |
Are there implications for Skeptical outreach?
Specifically: are current Skeptical outreach programs 'fact based'? Are they capable of achieving their objectives?
This is related to my thoughts on the [Drawing the line between free speech and skepticism] thread. How much of what organized skepticism does is simply for the members' personal entertainment and therefore external outcomes (ie: changing the public's mind about something like healthfraud) don't really matter anyway?
ETA: sorry, the title just has a URL in it... the website evidently bypasses copy/paste function and puts just the URL in the clipboard. I didn't notice until after I submitted.
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