RE: Correlation, causality and the forgotten in-between.
The absolute vapidity of the arguments presented against vaccines and climate change (among other things) has become truly absurd. I see people appealing to the most grandiose of conspiratorial thinking to rationalize their own dodgy conjecture. They remain so skeptical of anything outside of their own insular thinking, and yet accuse others of such a deed come refutation or challenge of their own claims. Reptilian cloud people making immunizations for population control? Oh, yeah, sure thing.
The tragic irony of those appealing to conspiratorial thinking is they are often being played by Alex Jones or David Wolfe proteges who will manipulate their audiences to hawk dubious products at a premium. More tragic, those hapless individuals deem those figures benevolent by assuming they are looking out for public interests, or by appealing to sentimentalism.
[David "Avocado" Wolfe] "Today is the best day ever! You are special and important. Why not show it by purchasing our Earthing Pillowcase to complement our organic deer antler velvet to help you detox all these toxic toxins for only $89.99!" (Yes, that's a factorial for sake of effect)
[Alex Jones] "GET YER FLUORIDE-SHIELD FROM MY STORE BECAUSE YOU CAN'T TRUST YOUR GOVERNMENT, BUT YOU CAN TRUST ME! GLOBALISTS! GRAAAHHH!" (Frothing lather of a monologue ensues)
All bullshit aside, it is nice to at least see there are sensible, rational, and empirical folk adopting this platform and generating content that doesn't exploit scientific ignorance maliciously for profiteering; rather, warns people of that very thing. Thank you for your contribution -- your content is appreciated.
ty a lot!