I'm going to ignore momentarely the fact that this is a private forum and if the owner wants to run it as a LiBeRaL ShEePlE eChO cHaMbEr, he's well in his right to do so and you are free to just, you know, close your browser.
Posts contrary to my understanding of medical science, virology, geology, and physics are dangerous and unacceptable.
This is a misrepresentation of what happens when this kind of issues are discussed. The scientific paradigm we live under is achieved by consensus, not by looking up fringe conspiracy theories or disseminating anecdotal evidence as the truth of a complex situation. Scientists are always very clear about what the consensus is and where the possible holes in their hypothesis are. So far, and at least in the experiences I have watched unfold in my time here, Mike and all other moderators have always based decisions on what the general scientific consensus is. I welcome any evidence to the contrary to change my mind.
I'm not trying to overstep my bounds and speak for Mike here, but I absolute support this statement: Posts contrary to the concurrent general consensus of medical science, virology, geology and physics (and other disciplines)
that are not backed up with hard data ARE dangerous and should not be allowed.
Whoever disagrees with the consensus should either go test any hypothesis they may hold and come back with actual data (a google search, a post from a soccer mom Facebook group or anecdotal evidence portrayed as the reality of the whole population of the planet are not data) OR get a refund on their education, 'cuz the scientific method is taught in elementary school. The third and better option is to accept people who devote their life to science might know a thing or two the rest of us don't and maybe accept that consensus.
If none of those option works, then more power to whoever deletes that crap and prevents it from being disseminated. We don't live in the middle ages, most of this stuff is measurable and there's tons of empirical evidence that support some of the incredibly BASIC truths that have to be defended day after day against PhDs graduated magna-cum-asshole from University of YouTube.
I'm sorry to be blunt and rude, but I am absolutely tired of reading this kind of bullshit. All of this was predicted by Carl Sagan in "The Demon Haunted World" and yet it couldn't be avoided; and now people that use a GPS daily run amok telling others that the earth is flat, it's fucking depressing.