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<blockquote data-quote="deleted user" data-source="post: 440660" data-attributes="member: 1778">You ain’t wrong. But I wish more people were able to recognize a “campaign” twisting stats and figures. Too many follow their team’s interpretation and let them do the questioning for them. Social media and modern journalism echo chambers get most of the blame from me.The sugar industry vilifying fat in your diet fooled people for decades. One (unlicensed and barred) doctor linked autism to vaccines and somehow that took hold. People are easily swayed and these days it’s usually the loudest that get the spotlight.I don’t know your area of expertise, but I can’t imagine the frustration if you have to put up with a barrage of armchair experts who constantly shout you down. I don’t know how many times I’ve had to explain to people in my family that it isn’t smoke coming out the the stacks of a coal plant, but they read enough Facebook posts to know more than me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="deleted user, post: 440660, member: 1778"] You ain’t wrong. But I wish more people were able to recognize a “campaign” twisting stats and figures. Too many follow their team’s interpretation and let them do the questioning for them. Social media and modern journalism echo chambers get most of the blame from me. The sugar industry vilifying fat in your diet fooled people for decades. One (unlicensed and barred) doctor linked autism to vaccines and somehow that took hold. People are easily swayed and these days it’s usually the loudest that get the spotlight. I don’t know your area of expertise, but I can’t imagine the frustration if you have to put up with a barrage of armchair experts who constantly shout you down. I don’t know how many times I’ve had to explain to people in my family that it isn’t smoke coming out the the stacks of a coal plant, but they read enough Facebook posts to know more than me. [/QUOTE]

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