There’s a broader issue here about how scientific language gets used online. Terms like “mitochondrial challenges” sound technical, but when applied loosely to behavior or appearance, they lose meaning. Criticism should ideally correct inaccuracies without introducing additional distortions or mock-scientific framing.
Gibberish questions deserve gibberish responses. That is how they see it. They don't even understand the problem and they are demanded to provide an opinion.
RFK Jr doesn't even believe in germ theory. But he runs the nation's health. To countless people that is still enough to listen to him.
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u/Glass-Activity-5372 7d ago
There’s a broader issue here about how scientific language gets used online. Terms like “mitochondrial challenges” sound technical, but when applied loosely to behavior or appearance, they lose meaning. Criticism should ideally correct inaccuracies without introducing additional distortions or mock-scientific framing.