The press is taken in by these bogus studies and reports almost daily, proving to me that the average MSM hack has less common sense than the general population, which sees through the scam government-funded projects. We seem to get a large dose of these knee-slappers and belly-laughs weekly here on FR.
My favorite and most recent “refereed scientific study” claimed that pregnant women should avoid sushi, because fish contains relatively high levels of mercury and other toxic substances.
The multiple absurd flaws here are self-evident, so I’ll just mention this one: does the mercury go away when raw sushi is cooked?
People have seen so many of these “scientific studies” trumpeted one week and debunked the next that they are beginning to disbelieve everything they hear.
As tragic as this state of affairs it, it is superior to having the people believe everything they hear.
Scientists are on the verge of slaying the Golden Goose. The public, though tax funding, allocates Hundreds of Billions of Dollars every year to scientific research. This is politically feasible because, up until now, the public held scientists and scientific research in high esteem. Now it has become obvious to all that we are just not getting our money’s worth, that a lot of people are just gaming the system while a lot of others are abusing it for political gain. Why are the taxpayers going to want to fund that?
The multiple absurd flaws here are self-evident, so I’ll just mention this one: does the mercury go away when raw sushi is cooked?
Why is this not logical?
There is no logical flaw where the scientists say that sushi might be harmful. The statement could be generalized, but that doesn't make it wrong.
For example, I could say that a .40 S&W cartridge can cause harm if you use it in a gun to shoot at yourself. I could generalize it more (to include other bullets), but it isn't wrong as is.