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Knowledge isn't acquired by swallowing regurgitated factoids. Shame on U.

Go ahead and see if you can tease something witty out of one of the chat engines. Impress me. 

And BTW, knowledge (as opposed to common sense and emotional intelligence) is absolutely acquired by absorbing facts (whether or not u regurgitate them being entirely up to u). But the very definition of a “fact” is that it’s true. Proven. Based on science and objectively determined to be accurate. I understand challenging some things that are presented as facts (when they don’t meet the aforementioned criteria) but hopefully intelligent, thoughtful people(s) are digging deeper than the latest post on X or TikTok or YouTube and parsing out the facts. Do you think you’re better at that than…me? I don’t think so, Mr.

Just because something is presented as a fact doesn't mean it is, even if it's by a so-called expert. Even if statistics are accurately compiled their interpretation is highly subjective. Look at crime stats that are broken down by race. Many believe they indicate that blacks are predisposed to criminality, but if you look at stats broken down by class you see a very similar picture. When you take into consideration that blacks are disproportionately poor and that poor people are the demographic that most frequently comes into contact with police, you see that poverty is probably the primary cause of blue-collar crime, not race. 

People have a tendency to see what they want to see and have a remarkable ability for rationalizing prejudice and misconduct, and "experts" are no exception. IMO, integrity has greater significance than expertise. Scientific methodology is only as good as the degree to which it is honestly applied; people who have vested interests, however, tend not to care about that because they do not like to pay for unfavorable results. He who pays the piper calls the tune.

Again I don’t entirely disagree and I think that I said that some “facts” aren’t in fact, factual. People need to parse through the information and dig deeper. But there are facts that people will deny despite all proof to the contrary. I would argue that it’s factually true that Joe Biden won the 2020 election legitimately. And you?

The key word is "legitimately". By my standards the answer is no. By the prevailing standards in American politics, the answer is yes.

The “prevailing standards in American politics…”. So you’re saying by current standards Biden won (in the U.S.—but not by your standards) and only by current standards in the U.S.  Did Trump win legitimately in 2016 by your standards and prevailing standards then? How about Reagan? I’m wondering when exactly you think the “standards” weren’t corrupt (by your standards—and “prevailing standards”)? If ever?