This seems like a weird argument too? See a guy advocating against vaccines? Well if you google him you'll learn that he advocates against vaccines! This new information really changes things.
Like what? There are so many better arguments for debunking anti vaxxers than "Did you know anti vaxxers are against the vaccines?" of all things
Yeah, it fucking hurts to read. I really, really hope the Average NYT Fan doesn't buy into stuff this obviously bullshit.
The article is full of "reasonable" things to get you to nod along and ignore the absolutely bonkers argument they try to make. The SIFT thing sounds like a reasonable thing to do, because it actually is a good way to sniff out misinformation from the get-go. But then the article tries to equate that with "don't use critical thinking," trying to extend the validity of the former to the latter.
This seems like a weird argument too? See a guy advocating against vaccines? Well if you google him you'll learn that he advocates against vaccines! This new information really changes things.
Like what? There are so many better arguments for debunking anti vaxxers than "Did you know anti vaxxers are against the vaccines?" of all things
Yeah, it fucking hurts to read. I really, really hope the Average NYT Fan doesn't buy into stuff this obviously bullshit.
The article is full of "reasonable" things to get you to nod along and ignore the absolutely bonkers argument they try to make. The SIFT thing sounds like a reasonable thing to do, because it actually is a good way to sniff out misinformation from the get-go. But then the article tries to equate that with "don't use critical thinking," trying to extend the validity of the former to the latter.