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xocetaceans

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Mon Dec 29, 2025, 02:06 PM 5 hrs ago

Beyond the Noise #88: Debating Science: No Thanks [View all]



The continual offer of debates by anti-vaxxers misses the point of scientific communication which is based on the presentation of analyzed data and such subsequent conclusions which pertain to that analysis by publishing those together as a paper in a high-quality, peer-reviewed journal. Debates are the field of rhetoric, not data analysis. Anti-vaxxers, having no data but merely emotionally fraught anecdotes, must only debate to maintain their grift.
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