Do your own research?

I can taste the irony. Or maybe that's just blood

LOL, sooo close and then WHOOSH, totally missed the point

The last section of the comic kinda hits deep to me because that's exactly what happened once I worked up the nerve to leave Christianity. That was before I noticed the title, which just made it ironic.

Coming from the "I did my own research" crowd this shit is mind boggling. Aren't they the ones disagreeing with the scientific community regularly?

Waking up as a conservative must be like

Oh boy time to look for credible information on Facebook!

Remember the study that linked lower intelligence to right wing beliefs?

That's why so many people become way more liberal after they leave home and go to higher education, they literally grow their brain.

Anyone else think a lot of conservatives feel this way?

"Flaired users only"

How very pro free speech they are!

"Anyone else think a lot of liberals feel this way?"

/r/Conservative, "Flaired users only."

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Republican projection once again I see. They are nothing if not consistent (and predictable).

They posted about a study on "do your own research" today on Vice. Very interesting read.

Scientists Explain Why ‘Doing Your Own Research’ Leads to Believing Conspiracies https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7bjpm/scientists-explain-why-doing-your-own-research-leads-to-buying-conspiracies

Da bibble is full of the truths I need. There's no smaller seed than a mustard seed, and bats are another variety of bird. Is it the truth, or is it what you've been told you must believe lest ye risk ostracizing yourself from your peers?

I feel projection of right wing levels.

Conservatives & strawman arguments go together like peanut butter & jelly.

"Science: two biological genders!"
"Oh yeah? Also science: 3.5 billion years of evolution."
"I don't wanna talk about this anymore, I have a headache."

...and so it goes...

I think the content speaks for itself. It's shit.

But let's talk about the typography: as someone who uses LaTeX, and irrationally hates bad typography, this one seems targeted. Look at the absolute state of the fourth panel! Ewwww. The river--- I just can't!

I'm sure Zach loves his comic being used against him. The gall...

LOL they keep trying to call their apologia 'research' in order to give it unwarranted respectability

Interestingly, it happens that when you don't know how to actually do research (like, can you interrogate your sources, put them in appropriate context, evaluate what they have to say critically?) you're more likely to land on disinformation sources or feed yourself confirmation bias than you would have been if you'd read what experts have to say on a given subject.

Facts don't care about your feelings

This is true of every single partisan, anarchist, liberal, conservative, whatever.

Damn this is a good one

this could work for liberals or conservatives

note i said liberals not leftists