Hello I'm Mediochre. I originally joined Skeptiko to talk about my research and experimentation with magic and then got invited to come here when things apparently went downhill. I would understand if one common way Skeptikonians that knew me would described me as was "that guy who hates morality."
This was raised in another thread, but is something I have been wondering about recently.
The question is how we can form a view on scientific questions when we don't have the training, knowledge or expertise to understand the scientific arguments. In a way it's a fairly fundamental question for
I have been having a private discussion about evaluating research, and the extent to which knowledge and experience influences this. I tend to go on and on about how I evaluate research, but it occurs to me that I should be asking others how they do so (before letting my own prejudices run amok ).
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