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Scientific skepticism or rational skepticism, sometimes referred to as skeptical inquiry, is a position in which one questions the veracity of claims lacking empirical evidence.

Do not confuse this with General Skepticism, Philosophical Skepticism, or Denialism.

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Breaking Down Cass Review Myths Part 2 – The Quackometer (www.quackometer.net)

submitted 10 months ago by Streetlights to c/skeptic

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There is a lot of disinformation flying around about this. The original myth about Cass "dismissing 98% of all data" started because an activist on twitter read the wrong paper.

Question everything, especially if it agrees with you.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Anyone interested in actual skepticism around the Cass review and not something that reads like a rejected Mashable article from some terminally online freak that thinks transgender people did not exist more than a few months ago, check out this article written by someone who is actually qualified: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/26895269.2024.2328249

[–] Streetlights 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

"Cis-supremacy in the UK’s approach to healthcare"

Yes that sounds quite scientific doesn't it. Published a whole month before the Cass review was, brilliant prescience you must agree?

by someone who is actually qualified

An arts degree and a business doctorate do not a qualified person make.

Do you know how systematic reviews work?