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TimFox:
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/6-tips-to-help-you-detect-fake-science-news?utm_source=pocket-newtab
MikeK:
Lots can be said on the subject:

https://www.amazon.com/Skeptics-Guide-Universe-Really-Increasingly/dp/1538760533
aetherist:

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The Conversation is owned by the Einsteinian Mafia. As is Wiki, & well almost everything.
Members here can google for themselves & find plenty of articles re pal review.

Why did Toot the Tiny Tugboat smoke?
Pier pressure.
aetherist:

--- Quote from: MikeK on May 19, 2022, 09:32:37 pm ---Lots can be said on the subject:

https://www.amazon.com/Skeptics-Guide-Universe-Really-Increasingly/dp/1538760533
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This is probly Einsteinian Mafia propaganda too.
There is plenty of good stuff free on google re proper skepticism.
Buriedcode:
I'm going to just ignore the aether guy (unless he has some results from experiements that can't be explained by current models?).

I've noticed quite a few articles of late promising to help one navigate the bullshit, fake news, pesudoscience etc..  but the premise is that we should all be *right* in what we believe (why?), and that everything has a definate answer.  Sadly, the world just isn't like that.  Science is a simple methodology for creating models that explain nature, it is constantly evolving, improving and changing, and nature isn't "pure" and can be quite messy, and the scientific method is used because we are all flawed, biased, and limited in our senses.

In order to fully assess any kind of headline, study, or finding in modern science, one must have a background in that field.  And since we can't all be experts at everything, we usually defer to actual experts - or at least those who have credentials that show they have studied the subject at length.  But then it just becomes about which "expert" you trust - since you can always find one alledged pexect expert that doesn't agree.  And then you can argue about what constitutes evidence... you're just kicking the can down the road to find a "truth" which probably won't change you life much anyway.

Ultimately I think the world would be a better place if people could just accept that they can easily believe something that isn't correct, and are willing to admit they were wrong. We are all learning all the time, we are all ignorant. I'm not suggesting one should be proud of it, but it isn't necessarily a bad thing either. 

I just wish this almost obsessive idea of being "completely right" about everything would die.

Edit: typo
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