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legitster 14 hours ago

RFK Jr likes to make nice sounding claims about "Gold standard science", but he is probably the worst interpreters of scientific data. He will latch onto any study made by random weirdos so long as they write a interesting abstract. It doesn't matter the sample size or methodology or whatever. Even if the study is retracted or disowned by it's original authors, he will go out of the way to frame opposition as industry bias.

His worldview in turn is actually very simple:

- Initial shocking study with contrarian finding = good and groundbreaking.

- Replication study = cover-up job by industry insiders.

In this way, he is almost the Replication crisis made manifest - if he has his way, he will try to undo nearly all of the studies that have any sort of government funding. And if he pulls on this thread long enough, there is no reason to believe he wouldn't consider all medical research as invalid.

JohnFen 14 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> He will latch onto any study made by random weirdos so long as they write a interesting abstract.

Well, not any study. He'll latch on to the ones that support the things he wants to be true.

jacquesm 14 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It makes you wonder if he would refuse science if it could save his life.

jimt1234 12 hours ago | parent [-]

The ghost of Herman Cain has entered the chat.