'What system do anti-disinformation researchers use to settle on the “false and misleading” narratives for study? If you guessed “not much of a system at all,” it appears you’d be right.'
Au contraire. I think they choose those narratives most likely to be lucrative in their grants and fundraising. Of course the government will distribute…
'What system do anti-disinformation researchers use to settle on the “false and misleading” narratives for study? If you guessed “not much of a system at all,” it appears you’d be right.'
Au contraire. I think they choose those narratives most likely to be lucrative in their grants and fundraising. Of course the government will distribute its largesse to those who are working to protect the government's preferred narrative. Follow the money.
Bingo. This is just like the scientific field. Scientists who don't produce "desired results" are defunded in favor of those who will. Many have come out and spoke about it already.
Quite a lot of scientists have, which is how I got into this whole subject to begin with. For example I followed John Ioannidis for many years, and was appalled when in the spring of 2020 he was demonized, his reputation suffered, and almost lost his job—for coauthoring a study (with Jay Battacharya) to determine more accurately the real infection fatality rate of Covid.
'What system do anti-disinformation researchers use to settle on the “false and misleading” narratives for study? If you guessed “not much of a system at all,” it appears you’d be right.'
Au contraire. I think they choose those narratives most likely to be lucrative in their grants and fundraising. Of course the government will distribute its largesse to those who are working to protect the government's preferred narrative. Follow the money.
Bingo. This is just like the scientific field. Scientists who don't produce "desired results" are defunded in favor of those who will. Many have come out and spoke about it already.
Quite a lot of scientists have, which is how I got into this whole subject to begin with. For example I followed John Ioannidis for many years, and was appalled when in the spring of 2020 he was demonized, his reputation suffered, and almost lost his job—for coauthoring a study (with Jay Battacharya) to determine more accurately the real infection fatality rate of Covid.