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Originally Posted by douglas1999 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You completely evaded literally every point I raised. You have a blind faith in "expertise" as if experts can never be wrong, and dunces can never be right. I'm simply saying that it is worth consideration, this is how the scientific method works. Literally einstein wasn't taken seriously at first because he didn't have "expertise" and was a patent clerk. Then after about ten years, he turned out to be completely correct in his assertions.

Their beef with her conclusions was extremely nebulous and vague, they didn't even attempt to explain *how* it is spreading misinformation or why it is dangerous. They just shat out some scary words and called it a day. This is not science, or skepticism, it's partisan allegiance.

They are students running a student newspaper. Who do you think told them to retract? Do you think they can call out the faculty who told them to take it down? What do you expect them to do?

It apparently needs a second paragraph.. You get that, right? A student newspaper. An article that can only get published in a student newspaper. There's nothing that stops it from getting published elsewhere.