I had ChatGPT debunk a meme, not too bad! This meme was so terrible I awarded it the worst meme of the year last year. So naturally, it continues to resurface and plague us. If you’re feeling lazy, have ChatGPT shoulder the burden 😂
Btw, here was my debunking of the meme for reference:
▪️Like Dr. Fauci himself, this meme equivocates the word science with scientists, which are two completely different concepts. Science is a methodology, which if properly followed qua the scientific method, is a valid way for humans to gain knowledge about the world.
▪️A scientist, meanwhile, may or may not be following the scientific method correctly. They may have biases or different contexts which cause them to see the world differently, or place more importance on certain issues.
▪️While scientists might change their mind when new information becomes available, science doesn’t, it’s just a tool we use to understand the world. It would be like saying the alphabet or eye glasses learned more.
▪️Which is why scientists often vigorously disagree with each other, not just about science, but about its application. The science on Covid is just one aspect of making a decision on closing schools or imposing vaccine mandates. As is the science on climate change on energy policy.
▪️There are countless factors outside the realm of science, like law and individual rights, which are often more important. All too often, "the science" makes disastrous public policy decisions, which is why it should be rightly questioned.
▪️This meme showed the blind allegiance people had to “science” this year, which in practice meant not the rigorous adherence to the scientific method, but backing the orthodoxy that the mainstream outlets and government had. By elevating the latter, it destroys the former.
It’s bizarre to see them seesaw back and forth that Trump is totally clueless and aloof, just golfing all day, then all of a sudden he’s a dangerous king/dictator who’s diligently plotting to seize absolute power.
▪️This one is frustrating because, while it’s nice to see the vigor and speed that DOGE is acting with, they’re also sloppy with some of their findings. This is not some bombshell, millions of dead people’s SS numbers aren’t being paid out to fraudsters.
▪️This problem has been known for some time, you can read an inspector general’s report from 2015 about millions of names on the SS “numident” not being correctly annotated for deaths, even though they were older than 112 (the oldest known American at the time).
https://oig-files.ssa.gov/audits/full/A-06-14-34030_0.pdf
▪️There are innocent explanations for some of these. Expatriates that died outside the country, for example. Or immigrants given temporary work permit who returned to their country, people issued new numbers for various reasons, etc. However, most are simply due to the govt not diligently keeping track of deaths.
▪️It’s embarrassing that the govt has millions of numbers on the numident that are ...
