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		Nextgrid on Dec 29, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facebook said my article was false – now the fact-... Science does make mistakes but the process in general is thorough enough that they are rarer than idiots dishing out medical advice & spreading fear on Facebook.

nradov on Dec 29, 2021 | [–]

Actually most published medical research is false.

https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/jo...

brightball on Dec 29, 2021 | [–]

In this case, we aren’t talking about science though. We are talking about fact checking something that accurately questioned the science.

If what is being spread can’t stand up to questioning, then it’s merits need to be questioned even further.

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