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We've got an inclusive framework right now for alternative theories of medicine in my country, and a guy who believes in miasma theory instead of germ theory is shutting down medical research programs and getting rid of vaccines.

I think I've had enough of the inclusive frameworks this article advocates for.

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A big part of the problem is the whole a lie gets halfway around the world, before the truth has a chance to get its pants on thing.

Generally speaking, between your average conspiracy theorist, and the average university scientist, rhetorically speaking, the conspiracy theorist will probably run circles around the scientist.

To a lay persons understanding of argument and rhetoric, unless you have a good bullshit detector(and bullshit detector’s are imperfect, you’ll get it wrong a certain percentage of of the time) the conspiracy theorist is more convincing and usually has “better” arguments.

Bullshit detectors are a huge part of the problem (and a big part of conspiracy theory methodology). If something is fundamentally true but is also counterintuitive, it will never pass a bullshit detector. On the other hand, a statement that is convincing but is actually false is relatively simple to make and hard to argue against (just ask ChatGPT).

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