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You are making her arguments for her. We should not "boil down" the arguments she makes. This is some of the arguments she makes. She does not ground it in particular, measured criticisms, aimed at particular researchers or departments. She does not provide solutions. She uses this broadly sweeping argument as a way to cast judgment on fields of research she is not an expert in. We should evaluate the arguments that she makes, not the arguments we would like her to have made. This includes not just a dispassionate listing of the truth claims she makes, but the specific rhetoric she employs. Is modern science flawed? Absolutely. Should we be saying "scientists are not to be trusted" as a general, categorical statement? No, that's laughable, and dangerously anti-intellectual.


> She does not provide solutions. She uses this broadly sweeping argument as a way to cast judgment on fields of research she is not an expert in.

Can you provide examples? I guess the most glaring one is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htb_n7ok9AU

And I actually can't disagree with it entirely.

> Should we be saying "scientists are not to be trusted" as a general, categorical statement?

Here's the thing. She's saying: "Scientists are not going to be trusted at this rate if the situation doesn't change".

Heck, this is literally happening right now with the NIH and the NSF.




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