I think he's tired of the fact-absent BS. He's laying down the ultimatum: put up or shut up. Either we're going to do some proper research and deal with this thing with some actual technical and scientific rigor or this speculation needs to stop.
I totally get it. For me, I'm in healthcare, so the wild speculation about vaccines and the random cures for everything that finds its way onto this board drives me bonkers. Minimal evidence, piss poor sources, poor quality studies taken wildly out of context, "It worked for my great grand aunt, so it must be true", etc. It drives me nuts. Pfizer and Moderna lied so we're supposed to throw out the entire field of medicine and go back to old wives' tales and whatever random herbs are growing in the garden. There's simply no rigor in the thinking.
Part of that is free speech. Free speech allows for people to speak with minimal expertise about stuff they don't understand. Then we have to have more free speech to correct it. In this case, catsfive is using his bully pulpit to demand some higher quality discussion. Put up or shut up. If there's something there, let's start dealing with some actual technical detail. This discussion needs to start sounding like a college physics class.
You need to do way, WAY better than this, son. You have 7 days. Otherwise, I'm sending you to Saturn and back.
Are you banning sleepydude now too? What am I reading? Have I entered an alternate universe? I thought people putting their points forward. What?
I think he's tired of the fact-absent BS. He's laying down the ultimatum: put up or shut up. Either we're going to do some proper research and deal with this thing with some actual technical and scientific rigor or this speculation needs to stop.
I totally get it. For me, I'm in healthcare, so the wild speculation about vaccines and the random cures for everything that finds its way onto this board drives me bonkers. Minimal evidence, piss poor sources, poor quality studies taken wildly out of context, "It worked for my great grand aunt, so it must be true", etc. It drives me nuts. Pfizer and Moderna lied so we're supposed to throw out the entire field of medicine and go back to old wives' tales and whatever random herbs are growing in the garden. There's simply no rigor in the thinking.
Part of that is free speech. Free speech allows for people to speak with minimal expertise about stuff they don't understand. Then we have to have more free speech to correct it. In this case, catsfive is using his bully pulpit to demand some higher quality discussion. Put up or shut up. If there's something there, let's start dealing with some actual technical detail. This discussion needs to start sounding like a college physics class.
No, just the people who have corrupted it for financial gain and power.
And how do you know the real ones from the snake oil sales men? Their political beliefes?
No, I'm against word salad. Continue.
Why can’t I upvote this more! Darn it. Agreed!
Because even mods only get one upvote apparently.
Isn't it time for your monthly post?