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  • Morning_star0

    In response to the Brett Weinstein video below, here is an analysis and rebuttal of his and his guests claims:

    There is also a longer more detailed investigation on Medium: https://medium.com/rebel-wisdom/…

    • interesting.Fax_Benson
    • comments are interesting. I look forward to a rebuttal of a rebuttal. human_centiped.jpg
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    • @brabo, I think Brett knows he's not been as objective as he should have been.Morning_star
    • Been following this weird internet drama for the past few weeks. The video he did on ivermectin is also worth a watch:
      https://www.youtube.…
      yuekit
    • Me too @yeukit. I like Brett but he's usually more discerning about the science he questions. However, this time I think he hasn't done himself any favours,...Morning_star
    • ...especially not talking to people who would challenge his conclusions.Morning_star
    • God save us from self proclaimed intellectuals weighing in on things they're not qualified to speak about.BaskerviIle
    • Google has a lot to answer for in giving people the false impression that access to information = high quality research and youtube = high quality broadcastBaskerviIle
    • @baskerville, you're wrong about Google and the unqualified.Morning_star
    • yeah, very qualified but by no means infallible - when you dig in to it the guests have a history (as brett) as hot-heads with distrust of institutionskingsteven
    • Exactly kingsteven. These types, even if they have a career history in science academia, often have big egos...BaskerviIle
    • ...which they feel entitles them to weigh in on issues outside of their purviewBaskerviIle
    • Weinstein and the IDW types tend to cosplay as intellectuals outside of their very specific fields of study.garbage
    • @baskerville, @garbage, if only we could find a way to stop people thinking for themselves.Morning_star
    • There does seem to be inverse correlation between objectivity and number of YouTube / patreon subscribers.Fax_Benson
    • *not fact checkedFax_Benson
    • Interesting video. Good point in that the 'new media' have no idea what they are doing when it comes to responsible reporting.inteliboy
    • @morningstar Yeah, the "do your own research crowd" is totally batting 1.000 these days.garbage
    • The 'do you own research' crowd are fucking idiots and deserve what they get but discussion regarding subjective medical opinions and corporate agendas and...Morning_star
    • ...social media bias is surely fair and absolutely necessary.Morning_star
    • Yeah, and the "do your own research" crowd are usually the emotional idiots that find Weinstein and his ilk legitimate.garbage
    • Considering any self-described IDW as an intellectual is just off. Reminds me of Tywin's rebuttal: https://www.youtube.…garbage
    • The Weinsteins, Peterson, Harris, Shapiro, Rubin. Joe fucking Rogan (lol). They tend to pontificate far outside their realm of expertise.garbage
    • You seem to be giving them far more Importance than they actually have. You know don’t have to listen to them if you don’t want to.Morning_star
    • I don't. Just calling out bullshit quackery when I see it.garbage
    • I disagree with your ‘bullshit quackery’ conclusion, however, you’re welcome to your opinion.Morning_star

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