• Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
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    1 year ago

    Not when you don’t call it research and just say “I read about what scientist X has to say about topic Y, isn’t that interesting?” It’s not “I did my own research and here’s the true facts!” The latter is usually about shoring up your preconceived notions anyway.