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I have no scientific education. I am still not retarded enough to believe any of the nonsensical conspiracies found online.
Could it be that the key here is media competence and not a doctors degree?
I've worked with doctors who believe this shit. When this all kicked off, they immediately discarded their education to embrace the Fox dogma.
Area of study is definitely not the issue.
I've worked IT in healthcare and let me tell you, I've met some incredibly stupid doctors and learned just cause you're a doctor doesn't make you smart. And then I realized, there is someone at the bottom of every graduating class out there.
What do you call someone who almost failed out of medical school? Doctor.
How do you determine they are "nonsensical conspiracies"?
Could it be media induces in us a belief that we think ourselves "media competent", such that we begin to presume to know, without scrutiny?
... Certainly used to be my job, when I worked in advertising. Easier to induce in people, than to undo.
Few seem of a Socratic bent, such as "All I know is I know nothing. And sometimes I forget even that much.", preferring instead the feels of believing themselves smart and wise, not confronting the horror of how readily manipulated they are. ... Sorry for my part, doing that to everybody who saw the adverts and corporate branding I made when I was "just doing my job". Had I stayed in the industry, I dread to think what I'd be doing now with the power at the advertiser's/marketer's/propagandist's disposal, able to cold read smart phone users, 24/7.
I used to do it. And I'm not self deluded enough to think even my level of media awareness is in any way adequate a protection against it.
But having said that... Yes, better media awareness(/"competence"), than "a doctors degree". Having a doctorate makes sure you were obedient enough to get through the system, and makes you a special influencer target for such manipulations. Always seek another "2nd opinion".
I think it's more about keeping yourself curious and reading stuff form reliable sources than actually getting a degree, which makes little sense. (I'm a physicist, and I'm totally ignorant about physiology, for instance, so I have to trust "people who know", and these aren't usually found on crappy YT or TikTok videos).
It's not talking about a doctorate, it's talking about actually taking education (of all levels) seriously because education is the primary means by which a populace becomes in innoculated against mis/disinformation.
I know quite a few MAGA doctors so I can assure you that a medical degree is not protective.
I think they refer to school education