tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post7101318474345226213..comments2024-03-28T00:11:33.489-04:00Comments on bensozia: Links 13 August 2021Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-83832777388423227112021-08-13T15:12:05.165-04:002021-08-13T15:12:05.165-04:00According to this study, people who say they "...<i>According to this study, people who say they "trust science" are more likely to believe and pass on pseudoscientific claims.</i><br /><br />This is another situation which sounds like it might just be selection bias.<br /><br />Would not most people who <i>dis</i>trust science likely just be people who are less trusting overall? And would that not then mean they, quite naturally, are less likely to trust pseudoscience as well, and everything else for that matter?<br /><br />Also, you must keep in mind that <i>the entire point</i> of pseudoscience is to superficially imitate actual science - it intentionally tries to adopt the trappings of science in order to fool people into thinking it is legitimate, as science is.<br /><br />It's utterly unsurprising, then, that people who "trust science" are overall more susceptible to falling for pseudoscientific claims - you might as well report that people who trust the police are more likely to follow orders from an imposter wearing a police uniform standing in an intersection directing traffic. <i>Obviously</i> if you trust something, you are more likely to trust an imitator of that something (assuming you fail to tell the difference).G. Verlorennoreply@blogger.com