• db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    9 months ago

    Not saying the OP was banned fairly, but to do the devil’s advocate, there’s people with PHD in biology or medicine who still don’t believe in Evolution. You can always find idiots with PHDs, even in their chosen fields.

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      9 months ago

      I’ll go ahead and say OP was probably banned fairly, judging solely by the fact that he willingly posts threads on 4chan

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          As someone with over a hundred banned reddit accounts, you generally don’t get banned for disagreeing. So maybe not slurs, but maybe just general rude language. Or my personal favorite, bothering the mods.

          Unless he’s Richard Dawkins, people do get banned if they argue about biological sex.

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      Something like 1/5 of pharmacists believe homeopathy works. How the fuck can you go through that training and still believe in a hyperdilution that’s magic if you shake it the right way and never ever touch it with your fingers because that takes the magic away?

      (For those who are unfamiliar I’m not even being facetious, this is what homeopaths actually believe)

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        9 months ago

        Placebo effect is powerful. They probably have lots of people saying X really helped with their cold/pain/cough/whatever.

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    9 months ago

    Let’s not pretend we’re in any better of a situation. Same exact thing could happen on any Lemmy server, especially since each server is a small fiefdom run by randos.

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        9 months ago

        Like when people start commenting on the near-east conflict. Hardly anyone knows what the fuck is going on there yet we find many experts on the topic in the comments.

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          9 months ago

          Self-propelled multipurpose couch “EXPERT”

          • Crew: 1-6 strategists

          (or 8 if not too fat)

          • TOP SECRET!

          Fuel tank

          24*0.5l, 2500 comments on full tank. Possible installation of additional tank.

          Air bag[safety pillow]

          Optical caterpillars

          Provide speed up to 100Mbps

          Teflon seat for couch driver

          Protects pillow from combusting

          Containers of dynamic protection against enemy cat

          Missle silo cover

          Three couch-internet missles

          Can hit/penetrate to the soul any opponent

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          I don’t think this is wrong. I’ve learned so much talking shit. I even use talking shit as a mechanism to learn.

          I talk shit -> someone corrects me -> I learned something new. The person feels great because they corrected someone.

          It’s like a free lesson and everyone wins.

          Even people who didn’t know shit, like me, get to read someone beating my ass with arguments, and they also learn.

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    9 months ago

    The same happened to me on Lemmy. I brought evidence, they brought anecdotes, and I was the “loser” of the discussion according to the hive

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    This is why Quora is so sanitized unlike Reddit: you actually get to see the (alleged) qualification of the OP. I’m not saying this would get to be an appeal to authority, but blatantly contradicting the expert while you’re none of it wouldn’t be so easy to get away with in the other forums