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Man I always remove my ribs one by one if I don't get enough sleep. (lemmy.zip)
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[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You can be an awful person and still be right. If you're asking people to ignore someone's legitimately useful work because they're a bad person, stop.

[–] QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't just have a problem with the man. I find his methodology questionable. Yelling "FAKE" and doing a bit of showmanship is not good science

In fact he had no science training at all being a high school dropout

[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Is that what he's doing? Back when I read his blog, he always talked about staff from his foundation establishing testing protocols. I suppose it's always possible he could say that and then not do it, but it seems unlikely.

You don't need formal training to follow the scientific method.

[–] QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Well right now he's not doing anything. He's dead

James Randi was to skepticism what Charlie Kirk was to debates.

An inflammatory phony