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Soul_of_Wit

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12. Those quote marks around "research" are doing some heavy lifting

Reply to Passages (Reply #4)

Fri Mar 20, 2026, 03:41 PM

18 hrs ago

Access to the internet has really ramped up manifestations of confirmation bias. Searching for confirmation of what you already believe is the opposite of research. Oh, looky here, this college professor says masks don't work. What's that? You say his expertise is in geology? Note: this is an actual example from the early days of COVID-19.

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+1000 Jilly_in_VA 20 hrs ago #2

Killing your own children is quite a lesson. Irish_Dem 20 hrs ago #3

Good point....... MyOwnPeace 19 hrs ago #6

What I worry about The Revolution 17 hrs ago #19

Or infants who are too young to be vaccinated, and pregnant women. Irish_Dem 17 hrs ago #21

For some people, owning a lap top computer translated into their ability to do their own "research." Passages 19 hrs ago #4

Research pays off Norrrm 19 hrs ago #7

That's a great depiction of how these "researchers" are! Passages 19 hrs ago #8

A PHD in six years? maddiemom 19 hrs ago #9

This message was self-deleted by its author maddiemom 19 hrs ago #10

Those quote marks around "research" are doing some heavy lifting Soul_of_Wit 18 hrs ago #12

Yep. A mess, a huge mess. Terrible and I am not sure of all the root causes but we have a Passages 18 hrs ago #14

Measles and essential oils. Rec by RFK Jr. Natural ingredients. Norrrm 19 hrs ago #5

Vaccines have always been something have strongly advocated for gopiscrap 18 hrs ago #11

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polio Norrrm 17 hrs ago #23

I am easily convinced. Science. twodogsbarking 18 hrs ago #15

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When I was a child, before vaccines for measles and chicken pox, wnylib 17 hrs ago #17

Me and my generation also. jeffreyi 16 hrs ago #24

Yikes! calimary 17 hrs ago #18

"How dangerous theses diseases once were" cate94 17 hrs ago #20

MAGA - Measles Are Growing Again RussBLib 17 hrs ago #22