This is why science deniers deny. They want to give the impression that there is an actual legitimate “debate” over scientific conclusions supported by mountains of evidence; e.g., climate change, vaccines, the ineffectiveness of alternative medicine, evolution, etc. 1/
https://twitter.com/lee_jjj/status/1319940798062956545
In other areas of science not as well settled (e.g., #COVID19), they seek to undermine current scientific consensus by vastly exaggerating the evidence behind minority and fringe positions and mischaracterizing and minimizing evidence in support of current consensus. 2/
They then add to this technique conspiracy theories to “explain” why the fringe science is dismissed and not taken seriously by relevant experts and fake experts (plus the odd real expert turned fringe) to give the appearance of authority to fringe viewpoints. 3/
The idea is to produce the impression of a legitimate scientific controversy where there is none. That’s how science denial works. 4/4
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