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   From Respectful Insolence: When you dismiss every scientific study, you open the door to believe anything

   And here, Dr. Jay [Gordon] reveals the heart of why he is not and never will be a scientist or a skeptic. He may appear skeptical on the surface by dismissing all studies funded by any source with an agenda. However, that is anything but skepticism, and certainly in him that is not true skepticism. It’s merely a knee-jerk reaction. What it is is an intellectually lazy excuse not to have to actually bother to read the studies, think about them, and decide for himself based on science whether the design is sound and the data support the study’s conclusions. In fact, I’d go farther than that. The reflexive dismissal of any study because of its funding source is an intellectually lazy excuse not to have to think, period. It’s a convenient excuse not to have to face evidence that challenges his fervent belief that vaccines cause autism. It’s an excuse not to have to face anything that challenges his belief in his own anecdotal experience that tells him that vaccines cause autism.

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