Going to make a short little list to get us started:
-Cancer fighting drugs kill you, not the cancer.
-A vegan diet will beat cancer faster than chemo.
-Homoeopathy is a thing.
-Gluten is apparently murdering children in their cradles.
-Obesity is primarily a genetic
disorder.
-25% of women are raped, or nearly raped, in college.
As an English teacher a major function of my job is to teach children critical thinking skills, and thankfully the internet provides a bottomless pit of resources for this. But this function isn't given much attention, at least in my opinion. Even casual critical thinking skills is enough to see through the myriad of bullshit online. I'm beginning to think we should simply instigate a class from age 12-18 devoted to research skills, critical thinking, and "debunking".
Do you think this would actually be useful? I'm tempted to trial it as an elective, because I'm going to murder the next parent who sends me a note saying their child can't eat bread because they heard it's bad for you.
Edit: Messed up the thread title, long day and brain is on backwards!