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b_b · 4693 days ago · link · · parent · post: Anti-vaccine hysteria causing resurgence in preventable disease, with bonus delayed diagnoses
Well, in all fairness to me, there is a different way that I speak on this forum as opposed to an education forum. You're obviously a well informed person, so we can speak about pretty in depth subject matters. Its part of my career to educate the public about biology, and of course one has to modify the severity of one's language depending on the audience. However, in my experience as a professional biologist, I can say that I have never changed any one's mind who is a denialist of any sort about vaccines or evolution or the age of the universe, independent of what approach I have taken. It would be equitable to changing one's mind about whether God does or does not exist. When someone has a belief, they have a belief.