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by sdoering 742 days ago
We need to clearly differentiate between "best known facts currently available" and "already disproven bullshit".

The first one has an expiration date in the (unknown) future. The second one has one that’s already in the past.

Thirdly there’s the category of "still useful but not true" like Newtonian physics.

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"already disproven bullshit" is what meta studies are for. In regards to the covid pandemic there are now plenty of those, and unsurprisingly few people liked what they showed. No one likes it when facts do not conform to cultural views.