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If we all agreed, wouldn't the majority be right?
Statement DescriptionIf we all agreed on the thing that was correct, wouldn't the majority be correct in that case?
Topic:Any stupid person in the world can contribute, pasting his idea right where its relevant. The system immediately highlights its impact.
Statement DescriptionAny person in the world can contribute, pasting his idea right where its (hopefully) relevant. The system immediately highlights its impact. This person may not have any evidence, etc. but can be reasonable sounding or seemingly intelegent. Until someone challenges it, the impact of the statement may as well be the same as true.
Topic:A "New" status or something similar could help with this
Statement DescriptionIf a new challenge/proof/etc. and it's effects could be seen seperately, it would give time for responses to occur before its effects are considered settled (at least for now), but still allow people to see the effects immediately. Potentially:
Thick red border: Newly Established. When it is only established because of new statements, or is itself a new statement.
Thin red border, displayed over thick black border: Newly Refuted. When it is only refuted becuase of new statements. Note that if it would be refuted otherwise, it's just Refuted.
Thin black border displayed over thick red border: Newly Established and Newly Refuted.
New could be established by time, views or (IMHO ideally) a combination of both.
Topic:Requires proof
Statement DescriptionAnd their political opponents would say that they're wrong. Saying people will make an argument isn't evidence.
Topic:Many studies state the opposite.
Statement DescriptionHere's some opposing studies. The third is a big long list of studies, I heven't checked all of them, but at least the first few opposed your statement.
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(11)70295-X/abstract
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.672.6055&rep=rep1&type=pdf
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/qa/publications.htm
Effectiveness of influenza vaccine in reducing hospital admissions during the 1989 1990 epidemic
Statement Descriptionhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2808769/pdf/9042032.pdf
SUMMARY The effectiveness of influenza vaccine in reducing hospital admissions for pneumonia, influenza, bronchitis, or emphysema was assessed by a case-control study of people aged 16 years and older who were admitted to 10 Leicestershire hospitals between 1 December 1989 and 31 January 1990. Hospital and general practitioners’ records for 156 admissions (the cases) and 289 controls matched for age and sex were reviewed. Information was collected on demography, the usual place of residence (institutional or non-institutional), the existence of chronic illness, and vaccination during the 5 years before admission. The odds ratio for hospital admission among vaccinees was 0±67 (95% CI 0±39–1±12) giving an estimate of vaccine effectiveness in this setting of 33% (95% CI 0–61). However, multivariate logistic regression, adjusting for the effects of institutional care and chronic illness, revealed that influenza vaccination reduced hospital admissions by 63% (95% CI 17–84%). There was a strong trend towards improved vaccine effectiveness when used in institutional settings. Influenza vaccine is effective in reducing hospital admissions for influenza, pneumonia, bronchitis and emphysema, and effectiveness is comparable to that observed for influenza and pneumonia admissions in North America.
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