• boletus@sh.itjust.works
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      Fluoride in the water to dumb the masses is part of their conspiracy theory. They call it the fluoride stare and think you shouldn’t drink tap water.

      • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        I just can’t imagine being so simple minded that I would ignore actual science, and instead equate ingesting fluoride with a way they’ve seen people stare? It’s just so insanely stupid, all of it.

        • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
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          Its not hard for people to believe, the lead stare exists. Scientists have lied on behalf of tobacco and fossil fuel lobbies. Its got all the soil for a believable conspiracy theory to grow.

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            There is a very big difference, that they don’t understand, between “a scientist said” and “scientific consensus”. This (sometimes purposeful) misunderstanding comes from their fundamental refusal to understand what science actually is.

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            And independents scientists called them out. I haven’t heard anyone trying to claim that fluorine is dangerous.