• wavebeam@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    Profound hole in the “do your own research” theory: not knowing how to do thorough research

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      7 days ago

      Even if they get the right search terms, they’ll just keep scrolling till they find an obscure blog with an anecdote from 2 mothers which confirms their existing bias.

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      6 days ago

      What do you mean I have to “read a book”? I’ll just find a wellness blog to tell me the thing I want to hear.

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      6 days ago

      Or even having the time to do all this research I apparently need to do.

      Not to mention that some research ends up behind pay walls and knowledge barriers.