/sci/ - Science & Math

>>12237066

>This distrust comes about because those very same institutions have been known to lie and manipulate data to fit their narrative.

And exactly what narrative has been constructed to cause the manifestatiom of conspiratorial belief systems such as Flat Earters anon? I don't disagree with the premise that institutions have been deceitful or obtuse with information through out the years.

But there's a difference between general skepticism and full blown conspiracy theories. The basic logic behind Anti-vaxxers I can understand in that there is distrust or uneasiness with the components/effects with vaccines. Especially when the people taking it are not witnessesing or firsthand doing the process/research behind it. But the logic behind Flat Earthers (especially in 2020 as opposed to pre-1500s) is outright unacceptable. When everything from evidence derived from scientific research to technology based on that research to products such as food dependent on that evidence/technology all shows flat earth is not valid.

How do you rectify issues like that?