I did my own research

Flying Squid@lemmy.worldmod to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world – 757 points –
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Lets be real, thats like 90% of people without a degree in that specific field

More like 99%

Not when you don't call it research and just say "I read about what scientist X has to say about topic Y, isn't that interesting?" It's not "I did my own research and here's the true facts!" The latter is usually about shoring up your preconceived notions anyway.

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You wouldn't believe some of the unhinged shit my parents sent me. But they did.

Jokes on you, I asked ChatGPT 😎

Does chatgpt do bigoted stupidity yet? For some reason doing your own research seems to mean digging through the swamp and finding people that are even more stupid and hateful than the "researcher"

Some studies point out that it became a little "dumber" lately (for maths, AFAIK), so... maybe?