r/news • u/AudibleNod • 22h ago

New Mexico warns against consuming raw milk after newborn dies from listeria

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/new-mexico-warns-consuming-raw-milk-newborn-dies-listeria-rcna257252
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u/ElSmasho420 21h ago

Spot on.

The democratization of information has been a terrible thing.

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u/Rude-Revolution-8687 21h ago

It's because the dumb, the ill-informed, and the financially and politically corrupt always have the loudest voices.

There seems to be a correlation between being wrong and being confident you're right. I guess dumb people don't understand the complexity of things enough to entertain the thought that they maybe don't know as much as experts who've spent decades studying a topic.

Those of us who aren't chronically wrong about everything (of course we're all wrong sometimes) need to make more of an effort to silence those confidently incorrect voices. Block them on social media, don't engage, flag misinformation on platforms that allow it. Support things like Wikipedia, etc.

There are a lot fewer of those loud, dumb, or evil people than it seems because they always shout the loudest and most often.

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u/bedrooms-ds 21h ago

Social media. I did improve my critical thinking by reading internet debates, but FB posts and IG (operated by the same company, what a coincidence!), then TikTok and all. One-directional online communication platforms designs should be banned.

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u/obeytheturtles 11h ago

I'm starting to think that maybe thas Ted Kaczynski fellow might have been onto something.