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Lesilie Martel's avatar

A healthy amount of scepticism is essential in everyones approach to life.

Leslie

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Renee Green's avatar

Yes, it is crucial to remain vigilant. Another concern is how much time is wasted consuming content that offers no benefit to us.

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marlene's avatar

BINGO! That's why we must be skeptical of conspiracies. A conspiracy without relevant truth grows rapidly. As in the expression "A mind of its own" when in fact, it's not mindful at all, but a baseless opinion (which I call a conspiracy) that doesn't even deserve skepticism & like you said (or implied), is a waste time as well.

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Renee Green's avatar

Yes! That's a great clarification. We only have so much time. Once we see someone is consistently misleading, focusing on weak evidence or bizarre conspiracy theories, we should recognize it's a waste of time and thus merely entertainment.

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biologyphenom's avatar

Excellent article Renee! So refreshing! I've realised the popular ''truth'' movement groups and gurus are not too concerned with the truth. Case in point. https://biologyphenom.substack.com/p/scottish-covid-19-inquiryclosing

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Renee Green's avatar

Thank you for your comment. I greatly appreciate the kind words! I agree that much of the content out there is not to our benefit. Clearly, we need to increase the visibility of the Scottish Inquiry significantly. In my opinion, it's evident that X is actively suppressing communication on this subject. This should be a clear red flag to everyone, especially since X promotes itself as a platform for "free speech."

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marlene's avatar

Tell this to Grok 3 AI - it's on your computer. It will respond to all your questions, with incredible information. It's one of the signs on the left on the first page that opens when you turn on your computer. I find it invaluable & it's free - so far - lol.

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Renee Green's avatar

Grok is definitely helpful!

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marlene's avatar

My apology! I just discovered it and with thoughtless enthusiasm had to share it. Of course, I didn't mean to assume you didn't know about it (you're the writer, I'm the reader), I just jumped the gun of consideration.

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marlene's avatar

When a person you've always known as a "skeptic" without proof, suddenly calls something a "conspiracy" without proof, it's time to get out of their rabbit hole.

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Renee Green's avatar

No worries! It's good to share information!

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