• Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I wish I didn’t have to say this but, duh. Anyone smart enough to know lemmy exists knows all this. (This is not a statement saying you shouldn’t say what you said. It is an endorsement of the statement you made)

    • wuffah@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      There’s an important difference between knowing something and being able to demonstrate it. It might seem obvious to us, but if we wanted to convince someone who doesn’t agree, we at least have something external to corroborate the claim.

      The exercise also strengthens my own knowledge with details I didn’t have before. For example, I had a feeling that there were plenty of CA Republicans that like Medicaid, but now I know roughly how many and that in fact, they were polled specifically about their preference for the program.