Morons still cite the study about links between vaccine and autism despite the guy saying he cherry picked data, got his title revoked and banned from the industry.

[–] Norgur@kbin.social 33 points 1 year ago

It will become the very reason they cite this paper. They'll just make martyrs out of those liers.

[–] deft@ttrpg.network 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

common issue in history.

protocols of zion is talked a lot as proof of the world jewish control conspiracy. it was written as imperial russia propaganda. hitler even referenced it.

what's that saying? a lie gets halfway across the world before truth can even tie it's shoes

[–] turtlepower@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because we're all still just a bunch of superstitious, dumb-fuck monkeys killing each other over pieces of the ground.

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

killing each other over ~~pieces of the ground.~~

Imaginary friends.

[–] TALL421@lemmy.one 5 points 1 year ago

A bit of both really

[–] turtlepower@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

That, too!

[–] amio@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago

Yes, because of course that just makes him "righter". People love a good story of oppression; the fact that Wakefield is only oppressed by Consequences from his massively stupid, lethal bullshit is apparently less interesting. "They don't want you to know X" is like crack to suckers.

Probably gonna turn out the same here: the study will magically turn out to not be "flawed" - it's just Too Correct so the Woke Censor Monster is going to Ban it because it Hates Freedom, or whatever. Climate deniers, antivaxers etc., their whole thing is bullshitting. This won't make them reasonable, but less wrong info is still good, I guess.