Bob Lighthouse
Banned
Yeah bored of this now, the moment has passed.
I hope you consider the following.
Excerpts from:
https://theconversation.com/no-youre-not-entitled-to-your-opinion-9978
"The problem with “I’m entitled to my opinion” is that, all too often, it’s used to shelter beliefs that should have been abandoned. It becomes shorthand for “I can say or think whatever I like” – and by extension, continuing to argue is somehow disrespectful. And this attitude feeds, I suggest, into the false equivalence between experts and non-experts that is an increasingly pernicious feature of our public discourse."
"So what does it mean to be “entitled” to an opinion?
If “Everyone’s entitled to their opinion” just means no-one has the right to stop people thinking and saying whatever they want, then the statement is true, but fairly trivial. No one can stop you saying that vaccines cause autism, no matter how many times that claim has been disproven.
But if ‘entitled to an opinion’ means ‘entitled to have your views treated as serious candidates for the truth’ then it’s pretty clearly false. And this too is a distinction that tends to get blurred."
(my bold)
Also, consider the onus is now on those invested in the community to combat your ill informed posts.
That's unfortunate for everyone involved, especially those seeking advice.
I suggest this applies very well here.
Excerpt from: https://www.nature.com/news/take-the-time-and-effort-to-correct-misinformation-1.21106
"Most researchers who have tried to engage online with ill-informed journalists or pseudoscientists will be familiar with Brandolini’s law (also known as the *<Bovine excrement> Asymmetry Principle): the amount of energy needed to refute *<bovine excrement> is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it. "
(*edits mine)
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