• helenslunch@feddit.nl
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    3 months ago

    reality rejection…

    I am not rejecting reality, this is reality.

    The educated world is built on a web of trust

    What trust? What entity hasn’t violated the trust of their constituents on a regular basis?

    I am constantly learning things in my own field, and by no means do I have a full grasp on every detail. But I can call out BS when someone talks about orbital mechanics or earthquakes or whatever.

    Do you have fundamental knowledge of the journalistic process?

    So you don’t need “fundamental knowledge of the journalistic process” to call BS on orbital mechanics but I need to when auditing report on my expert subject matter? You’ve never seen blanket inaccuracies across a web of sources about a topic you understand that could have been held off by the smallest modicum of research? Because I sure as shit have, many times. That’s why I don’t trust them. Is there any reason I should I take them at their word when it’s a much more complex topic that I don’t fully understand?

    You haven’t watched independent news sources that collect all of the information die off while publications that constantly publish clickbait, ragebait, and political misinformation and disinformation thrive?

    Or are you just lashing out because it doesn’t vibe with your worldview?

    Yeah, the personal insults are really driving your point home, keep it up.