Post #1928821

2026-04-26 15:43 UTC

> For each statement, between 25% and 32% of respondents said they believed it, and another sizeable percentage (17–39%) said they didn’t know whether it was true. In total, 70% of respondents believed at least one of the claims (see ‘Divided views’). The findings, which have not been peer reviewed and were published today by the Edelman Trust Institute in New York City, were described as ‘staggering’ in an accompanying article by the think tank’s chief executive, Richard Edelman. ![](https://slrpnk.net/api/v3/image_proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmander.xyz%2Fpictrs%2Fimage%2Fa42dc12e-58de-440b-b2e5-25eaeb635df0.webp)

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@otp@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-26 15:51

A lot of smart people, scientists even, would be inclined to say "I don't know if it's true" with the key word being "know". If they're not familiar with the literature and they're being exposed to a claim for the very first time, they'd potentially want to consult the research on the matter. (Not "do their own research", but to look into respectable research done by professionals) Like all that raw milk stuff? I've got no clue what that's about. And if the claims are like "Raw milk promotes the maintenance of healthy bones and teeth better than homogenized milk" or something, I dunno man. I've never heard anything one way or the other. "I don't know if it's true". I might even be leaning towards disbelieving it, but I don't *know*.

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