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TikTok Myth of the Week: Borax Is Good to Drink
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A community for taking a critical look at pseudoscience, quackery, and boldfaced BS.
"A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence." ~ David Hume
Things we like:
• Thoughtful discussion
• Humor
• Civility
Things we don't like quite so much:
• Trolling
• Low-effort comments and posts
• Personal attacks
• Spam
• URL shorteners
Carl Sagan's Nine Precepts of Skeptical Thinking:
Suggested Fediverse Communities
• RFK Jr. Watch @lemm.ee - Tackling misinformation being spread by antivaxxer politician, Robert F Kennedy Jr.
• DebunkThis @lemmy.world - an evidence-based community for debunking misinformation and dubious claims.
Someone please make it stop.
TikTok and its ilk should come with those warnings like you get with cigarettes and alcohol. "May cause lowering of IQ and inhibit the development of critical thinking skills."