> suggesting that lazy people investigate and seek out the truth instead of clinging to dogma that validates their biases
What's more common with the "do your own research" types is seeking out sources of information that validates their biases. And calling everything else "dogma" or "MSM" or whatever.
I know my own field (software) and I'll readily call out BS when I see it. In this field, I can trust my own judgment after doing my own research. I don't care for my doctor's opinion on encryption or network protocols. It's likely to be seriously misinformed or lacking in perspective.
By the same coin, I recognize that I don't have the expertise or a sufficiently strong knowledge base to form a serious opinion on other things just on the basis of "research" i.e. typing some terms into a search engine. That's intellectual humility, not laziness.
> suggesting that lazy people investigate and seek out the truth instead of clinging to dogma that validates their biases
What's more common with the "do your own research" types is seeking out sources of information that validates their biases. And calling everything else "dogma" or "MSM" or whatever.
I know my own field (software) and I'll readily call out BS when I see it. In this field, I can trust my own judgment after doing my own research. I don't care for my doctor's opinion on encryption or network protocols. It's likely to be seriously misinformed or lacking in perspective.
By the same coin, I recognize that I don't have the expertise or a sufficiently strong knowledge base to form a serious opinion on other things just on the basis of "research" i.e. typing some terms into a search engine. That's intellectual humility, not laziness.