| Ka-pi96 said: Wait... they actually have a university course saying that vaccines are bad?  That's a joke right? |
Nope not a joke. Well the fact that they are serious is a bit of a joke, really. And although the fact that they are teaching false information is bad......
The biggest problem I have is that they are teaching internet statements in a post-secondary institution. I have seen too many examples of people using a secondary source to either back up their argument, or to learn from. It isn't solely from the Pseudoscience movement, either. Words can easily be twisted on the internet, yet people are quick to believe a statement that is close to their beliefs or values, and adopt said statement in their brain's educational archives for later referral and/or use. It isn't right for a prestigious University like the U of T (it's wrong for any educational institution, really) to teach students that it is ok to use a secondary source like the internet to learn from and/or use in an argument! It goes against the very idea of academics.
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