Professional skeptics on misinformation & hoaxes: anti-vaxx, Planned Parenthood

Which is practically the same thing as immunology, right? I’m joking of course, because using computer models to make predictions about things like what causes autism is still pretty much like predicting next summer’s weather on Europa. Actually, long range extraterrestrial weather forecasting is probably a lot more reliable.

Of course, you can’t tell that to animal rights activists, who have long believed that computers can replace in vivo experiments. A few years ago, they would have featured more prominently in this discussion, but I think we can probably find a strong correlation with PETA membership and the antivaxxers, vegans, organic foodies, etc.

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