keccers
@keccers.eth
I dislike these creators just as much as I dislike the creators they debunk. There needs to be a middle ground; a synthesis I also don’t know how to get around the fact that moderation is fundamentally unpopular as the article notes https://www.npr.org/2025/02/20/nx-s1-5277087/wellness-influencers-science-creators-maha-rfk-jr
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MattwithouttheT 🎩
@mathew.eth
The first sentence in that screenshot literally summarizes the discussion I just had with my partner's son, who pretty much believes anything he reads. I imagine this is the case with a lot of young, impressionable kids and adults.
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triumph
@triumph
imma be honest the creators they debunk seem much more harmful and self-interested lol
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codon
@codon
So much this Most of the time science is nuanced and nuance doesn't sell I also get frustrated when scicomm tries so hard to own the wellness creators because it can swing too far in the other direction...(it also normally has the opposite outcome, making people feel the need to be defensive or pick a side) Side note: it's probably why I fail at scicomm.. I don't want to go that route
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Naomi
@naomiii
Did you ever read Naomi Klein's Doppelganger? She also takes on this wellness culture, which meets the far-right in certain moments. "This willingness to write off huge swaths of humanity that are cast as lesser within supremacist narratives is the strongest glue that binds together the pastel-hued, self-loving world of women's wellness (where it is your moralistic failure not to train to be your best) with the fire-breathing, immigrant-bashing world of the Bannon right." -- That said, her book is more about trying to find out how someone formerly a feminist could become a far-right spokesperson - so this is just a chapter in it, which unfortunately doesn't have a solid solution to fix this specific mess. I just thought it was an interesting connection, and somewhere, there is a suggestion of more community-run outlets for information. Also I think the way science works doesn't necessarily help making people feel assured since... things change sometimes, as we find out more.
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Daniel Fernandes
@dfern.eth
I'm a big fan of Conspirituality (the book & the podcast). If I had to criticize them, they are a tad more statist than my sensibilities, but I think the MAHA crap they are pillorying is well deserving of it.
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Metaphorical
@hyp
Our minds pull our attention toward outliers. On the savannah that worked great. In an environment that is artificial, not so much. The tail now wags the dog.
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