Comments by "SsjC" (@ssjcosty) on "PoliticsJOE"
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I'd say it's usually not a good idea to just believe random youtubers like Russell Brand who have no qualifications on the variety of topics they have such strong opinions on. For things that relate to politics and policies it's a good idea to get information from journalists, political analysts, and even domain experts, and be open to different points of view. For scientific topics its best to refer to the people who are actual experts in that field of science, and follow the peer reviewed scientific consensus rather than the fringe ideas.
The best sources are mainstream scientific journals that publish peer reviewed scientific literature. However, these may not be accessible to everyone, as they tend to be written in dry academic language, but the next best things are the writings and outputs of people who are science communicators (or popularisers) - scientists themselves who make the effort to express scientific findings and topics to the general population.
You'll often notice that a lot of conspiracy theorists, UFO-logists, ancient alien "theorists" etc. all tend to ignore what mainstream science has to say about those topics, and in many cases (e.g. Graham Hancock) they express disdain of and even anger at actual scientists for not accepting their esoteric ideas. When conspiracists do get scientists and experts to support their ideas, you'll notice they always go to the fringe ones rather than the mainstream.
You'll also notice that many of the conspiracists also don't have relevant educational backgrounds in the fields they activate. I'll mention Graham Hancock again: he has no education in archaeology, anthropology, nor history, but he confidently publishes books and makes documentaries on speculative and pseudoscientific ideas on human origins and ancient civilisations. His work does not have scientific backing, and no peer review, but it does have critical reviews, deconstructions and debunkings from proeminent academics from those fields of study.
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