Ah, I already Googled but I got confused because the first guy who came up on the search seemed to be talking about something else.
But I used a different phrasing and got the answer. FWI, Google isn’t always reliable for refuting crackpots and Wikipedia is very unreliable. If I assumed that the latter represented the state of human knowledge I’d be forced to concede that most of what Wild Heretic says is true.
If you’re not an expert on some topic, and it’s not too politicized, then I think trusting Wikipedia and using it as a starting point is the best strategy available today.
Ah, I already Googled but I got confused because the first guy who came up on the search seemed to be talking about something else.
But I used a different phrasing and got the answer. FWI, Google isn’t always reliable for refuting crackpots and Wikipedia is very unreliable. If I assumed that the latter represented the state of human knowledge I’d be forced to concede that most of what Wild Heretic says is true.
If you’re not an expert on some topic, and it’s not too politicized, then I think trusting Wikipedia and using it as a starting point is the best strategy available today.
On a hard-science topic, probably. On a topic is any way connected to culture wars, not necessarily.
Quick check, did you read my comment before replying? Every word of it? :-)