To collect and scrutinize millions of Americans’ health data, U.S. health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. aims to work with state organizations that help health systems share medical records. In Nebraska, millions in federal dollars has flowed into one nonprofit cooperating with Kennedy’s project.
So, another clear sign that these guys started with their beliefs (in this case that vaccines cause autism) and are now desperately scrambling to find evidence to “back it up” because they didn’t have sufficient evidence to begin with. Not that evidence will change their minds regardless.
Exactly backward from how science works. But in line with religion, so.
And to be fair (which I hate doing with these monsters but which rational thought demands) it’s not unreasonable to start your research by forming a hypothesis before you’ve collected sufficient data to actually back it up. That’s the usual pattern. But that’s the start of research. You shouldn’t be making public policy based on that hypothesis yet.
So, another clear sign that these guys started with their beliefs (in this case that vaccines cause autism) and are now desperately scrambling to find evidence to “back it up” because they didn’t have sufficient evidence to begin with. Not that evidence will change their minds regardless.
Exactly backward from how science works. But in line with religion, so.
“We can’t manipulate this data to support our preconceived notions. Clearly the problem is that we don’t have enough data.”
And to be fair (which I hate doing with these monsters but which rational thought demands) it’s not unreasonable to start your research by forming a hypothesis before you’ve collected sufficient data to actually back it up. That’s the usual pattern. But that’s the start of research. You shouldn’t be making public policy based on that hypothesis yet.