Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

Do you remember science and tobacco?

You are running around with threads like this where you are lambasting the general public for their skepticism. There is damned good reason for such skepticism and this "but it's science" group comes off (to me) as people who desperately need to find some sort of personal validation that has nothing to do with the effort to help educate people OR to REFORM the horrendously corrupt nature of research financing.

Anyone can find a few fringe elements and use them as bogeymen, but that accomplishes nothing. Why not focus on the real problem and ferret out instances of researchers who are selling their services to the highest bidder and turn the spotlight on them and the corporations/special interests that are paying them. Educate people on how to spot the difference between science done right (most of it) and the 10-20% that is designed to push a (usually) corporate agenda.

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