Comment on We can discuss a thing that we never saw 24-7-365. (See reddit/lemmy/X/etc for examples). What is this?

• pimento64@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Take your meds

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  • dope@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And then there’s replies like this. Defending it.

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    • guylacaptivite@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      What is your question though? Yes online forums exist, yes the information is often unempirical. But what is your question here? What is the “this” you are questionning yourself about? Are you asking why people debate each other? Why people are curious about subjects even though they are wrong? I just don’t get what you are trying to say here.

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      • dope@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        What is this conversation that I’m indicating here? What might you call it? What’s good, bad, strong, weak etc about it?

        If a conversation that is empirically grounded is called “science”, what is a conversation that is empirically ungrounded called?

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