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Obviously not all of them. And obviously there is corruption and mistakes with anything involving humans. What's so funny is that when people make criticisms like this, they always leave out the alternative. What's the alternative? Trusting mostly uneducated influencers and quacks who do even less research and don't even attempt peer review?


The alternative is not trusting the science or the quacks.


Most people cannot tell those apart...


And those who are not supposed to be quacks will commit fraud anyway. Which is why you shouldn’t trust anyone.


Good idea, trust no one, get nothing.

Why not move back into a cave and stab your own meat with a sharpened stick next.


At least we wouldn't have Alzheimer


I'm sure if, god forbid, you were diagnosed with a curable cancer you wouldn't go "trust the science" and go get treatment. I'm really sure you would do that.




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