Consumercide

This is an enquiry e-mail via http://consumercide.com/js/ from:
Neil

On 10/9/2010 11:23, Neil wrote:

That's a big question, as it's a substantial site with lots of varied sources of information. You need to work it out for yourself. For my part I post things from what I consider to be credible sources of information, or at least have something valuable to say. Indeed they might even shoot themselves in the foot in part of what they have to say, but be valid in other areas. In the end, it is for the reader to decide.

Check out the quotes section of the site, and judge if those authors are credible based upon their credentials and experience. Or better still, evaluate what they are saying based upon the knowledge that you are forming on the topic that you are enquiring upon. My site deals with arenas of controversy, and what is considered consensually credible might not actually be the truth, and vice-versa. Consensus and credibility should not, but often are conflated. A credible source one week can be spouting misinformation the next: it might depend on a balance of power within an entity, as different people with different agendas effect outcomes of organizations in different ways. I ask you, what is the credibility of an orthodox medical institution's website, when it recommends a vaccine that goes on to cause developmental disorders in thousands, or tens of thousands of children? What's the credibility of a scientific paper which finds no association between gigahertz electromagnetic radiation and harm to the human body, when put out by scientists funded by the telcos? What's the credibility of the "science" that is put in place purely in order to cover up pharmaceutical (etc.) adverse reactions, even if it is gushed forth from every mass media outlet as gospel? Glitz, glamour and status in presentation/publishing do not necessarily enhance factuality.

Don't buy into this idea that every second thing on the web is garbage... that is a jingoistic catch phrase for the shallow thinkers, and it serves certain nefarious elements of the population too well. What the web is--is free speech. Vested interests want free speech stifled, and have done so well before the first mass communication, in the form of the invention of the printing press. They also want the web controlled. I say to you Neil, do the research, find out the truth as you see it and then use that in your debates and in your understanding of what occurs. Your debating skills will be at their pinnacle when you understand the largest possible realm of what you have researched and are passionate about your conclusions. Good luck.