If you’ve written something that you believe is true, and if you can afford to defend it, then you’ve got to defend it.

Part of the problem is that if anybody has a gut reaction about an issue, they can go online and have it backed up. That said, they can also find support for their ideas in the mainstream media - because when the mainstream media gives a so-called balanced view, it’s often misleading.

What shocks me is people who have no expertise championing a view that runs counter to the mainstream scientific consensus.

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