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Originally Posted by golfing eagles
And on what basis is the average person supposed to "make up their own mind"?
I believe there are 2 competing versions of string theory---one has 13 spatial and one temporal dimension, the other 27 spatial and 2 temporal dimensions. I could read everything ever written by the experts that "disagree" on which is correct, and not have a clue, because I don't have the background or education in quantum physics and the math that goes with it. So trying to "make up my own mind" would be useless.
Same thing with all the COVID research. Non-professionals have some familiarity with medical issues usually through an experience or two, but in no way does that make them any more qualified to "make up their own mind" than it would for string theory.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
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Now if the question or subject were - "do you approve of twerking, yes or no" or "do you believe that the earth is ruled by God or the Devil?" Yes or no. Then, since those are ambiguous, gray areas, each person's opinion carries about the same weight. But, in our original discussion, we have thousands and thousands of worldwide medical experts whose opinion when synthesized together represent one SOLID point of view VERSUS some random cowboy's opinion somewhere - I choose the Science and the Federal Government (knowing that nothing is perfectly-perfect!