Fact checking, clinical trials, censorship and the news media suffer a similar problem in logic. Aristotle’s 13 Refutations comes as a start. Often times, the problem arises from asking the wrong question or assuming that a conclusion actually answers the question at hand. Scientific journals struggle with the interpretation of studies looking for independent variables and bias. The Journal may or may not ask the right question, but when fact checkers, government censors or the media attempt an interpretation, you can bet that they will not. Censorship of enthusiasts or doubters limits the very foundations of the scientific method, politicization of scientific discourse is even more so..
The Devil promises a utopia of worry-free egalitarianism beckoning you to an Orwellian hell of despondency. Its a matter of giving or taking. Work for your family and community supporting the common good, or take from the wealth of those who produce and promise benefits to those who do not and those destroyed by the theft of their own creation.
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