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Arthur Charpentier ⏚ (freakonometrics@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 13-Jul-2024 14:43:23 JST Arthur Charpentier ⏚

"Most researchers who have tried to engage online with ill-informed journalists or pseudoscientists will be familiar with Brandolini’s law (aka the Bullshit Asymmetry Principle): the amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it. Is it really worth taking the time and effort to challenge, correct and clarify articles that claim to be about science but in most cases seem to represent a political ideology?" https://www.nature.com/articles/540171a
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  Scientists should challenge online falsehoods and inaccuracies — and harness the collective power of the Internet to fight back, argues Phil Williamson.

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