Twitter notifies users of ‘like’ tweet that has deception label – IT Pro – News

Yesterday I read about a Danish scientist who had researched the inadequate effectiveness of face masks and posted it on facebook.

Why does that Danish scientist publish that on Facebook and not via a peer-reviewed scientifically substantiated article?

‘Disputed’ does not indicate that it is untrue, but that the propositions can be questioned more than the knowledge that is already available (independently, peer-reviewed). It’s easy to throw something out into the world, but a lot more difficult to make something scientifically plausible. “Misleading” may not be a good translation of disputed. It should be ‘disputed’. However, a point can be made for ‘misleading’ when things such as fact / truth are presented while they have not been scientifically proven. Then it is actually deception.

Also see firehose of falsehood, what for example used by antivaxxers. Overloading with blanks instead of scientifically substantiated information is undesirable. One problem is that if someone criticizes vaccines for a valid, legitimate reason (in a way that is actually medically and scientifically demonstrable), that person will no longer be heard by the idiots who link vaccines to gut issues like autism, 5G, Bill Gates …

This is why scientists actually engaged in making things provable are cautious in their public claims. A scientist who posts something on social media without reference to a decent source therefore deserves some criticism.

“Scientist” is not a protected title. Someone who has +4 years proven herself in the field of microbiology or physics is a scientist, and Karen who watched five hours from her bubble YouTube videos is too. The difference is that the former probably has a PhD (a protected title) and Karen does not. Then you should always pay attention when you make the first statements, because in the past academics have also been asked for advice about something that is totally out of their field. You shouldn’t just have experts, but the right experts. Karen is not a proper expert.

[Reactie gewijzigd door The Zep Man op 24 november 2020 08:17]

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