Mod+ Why you, me, and our neighbors have a distrust of science and New York Times science journalists

[Neil]

I am surprised that she took this long to get on your nerves, you seem to have one hell of a tolerance threshold.

Well it explains why Alex doesn't want to waste his time with her.

 

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Well it explains why Alex doesn't want to waste his time with her.

Probably. I don't think he has an answer for my question, either.

It's not my style, but otherwise, what's to stop me from simply saying, "you cannot even admit to being so egregiously wrong on such a simple and basic fact, on which you base your ignorant recommendations", to you? After all, if I made sure to confine my discussions to non-proponent sites, I could also be assured of some trolls showing up to cheer me on. Then I would be right and you would be wrong.

Linda

 

[tim]

Linda is the most irritating "know-all" on earth in my opinion To be fair to her, I am an ignorant git in her opinion. But to enter into discussion with her is not something to be taken lightly...to say the least. Insanity beckons

 

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Reece linked to this thread from another thread which showed an interesting TedX talk.

http://www.skeptiko-forum.com/threads/i-know-you-know-but-still.2551/#post-77666

It is somewhat relevant to this thread, but doesn't go far enough. My question is (after you have watched the video):

What does it mean to "do your homework" to identify when something is valid, not just when something is suspect?

Linda