"Debunking" Science
- Funnily enough, a study showed in 2011 that debunking science actually makes the core belief stick longer in the people’s minds.
- Describing why something does not work actually strengthens the conviction and provides more mileage to the scientific theory in question.
- Talking in the negative about the so-called ‘bad science’ without providing an alternate explanation that is equally good only makes the argument incomplete and helps insert the core theory (however wrong) in the listener’s mind.
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