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Tag Archives: Bad arguments
Vaccines are tested against placebos
Lately, my Facebook page has been flooded with people insisting that “no vaccine is tested against a placebo” (sometimes stated with additional qualifiers like “double-blind” or “saline placebo”). This claim, like so many anti-vaccer claims, is blatantly false. Nevertheless, I … Continue reading
Posted in Nature of Science, Vaccines/Alternative Medicine
Tagged anti vaccine arguments, autism, Bad arguments, covid, evaluating evidence, peer-reviewed studies, Vaccines
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Don’t be intellectually lazy
In recent conversations on this page, I have been struck by just how intellectually lazy science-deniers usually are. This is hardly a novel observation, but I think it bears discussion. I also want to note that this sort of lazy … Continue reading
Posted in Rules of Logic, Vaccines/Alternative Medicine
Tagged Bad arguments, evaluating evidence
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Incredulity fallacy: I’m right because I can’t believe I’m wrong
I want to briefly discuss a logical fallacy that is surprisingly common, despite being so obviously absurd. I suspect that most people committing this fallacy do so without ever actually contemplating what they are saying, and it is my hope … Continue reading
Posted in Rules of Logic
Tagged Bad arguments, logical fallacies
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Yes, you should fact-check
Yesterday, I posted the fairly innocuous image above on the TLoS Facebook page, and the results were both fascinating and horrifying. Numerous people took time out of their day to embarrass themselves by doubling down and attacking fact-checkers, often with … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Bad arguments, evaluating evidence, fact checking, media, news, social-media
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How well do you understand placebo effects?
“Placebo effect” is a term that almost everyone knows but few seem to understand. Misconceptions about placebo effects are rampant and usually center around the idea that a placebo effect occurs when you feel better because you thought a treatment … Continue reading
Posted in Vaccines/Alternative Medicine
Tagged alternative medicine, Bad arguments, evaluating evidence, placebos
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