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Originally Posted by DaFace
At its core, the issue I have is just the feeling of anti-intellectualism that "sources" like this promote. It's like that study I posted a while back where a bunch of chemists concluded that masks were super effective. They even got it published, but when the epidemiologists took a look at it, they immediately could see all of the flaws in the chemists' thinking (even if they didn't disagree with the basic premise that masks are effective).
Same deal here. I don't know who this guy is or what his qualifications are, but he seems to be taking some very complex topics, making up his own methodologies, and presenting them as indisputable fact.
My personal view on all of this is the same as it's been from the beginning: I trust the people who have spent decades of their lives trying to understand this stuff far more than people with no expertise and a calculator. That DOES NOT mean that the experts are infallible, but the chances that they'll be right are far higher than those with no expertise.
At some point, it's just an odds game. If you had to place money on the Chiefs or Dolphins winning the Super Bowl next year, who's your choice? This guy strikes me as the Bleacher Report blogger posting a hot take that the Dolphins will win it.
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I can appreciate that perspective. And like I alluded to before, I posted a few of that guy's tweets here because I thought people would be interested and also to hear what other people have to say about it.
I'm not a believer or disbeliever in it at this point. Believe me, when I post something and posters like pete latch onto it while generally smart people like cdcox and hamas are skeptical, it carries weight with me. The opinions of posters who are dumb or are just poop-slingers here I couldn't care less about, but people like those guys who have substantive objections post opinions that I value.
That being said, I have always tried to play within the rules here and also within the boundaries of what people I respect here consider to be acceptable behavior. If it seems this is unwanted or derailing to the thread I don't want to bring that. Everyone knows where to find and follow this person if they are interested in hearing that perspective.