THIS . The veracity of absolutely anything that has ever been posted on this entire website has now been called into question . On the grounds of unreliability , evidence can be thrown out and convictions can be overturned . I don ' t think most people realize the sheer scale of this . <| sep |> If I posted data about climate change , would that inspire anything in you ? assuming you ' re not a scientist What discussion would that inspire ? But if instead someone posted an interpretation about the data , and thus an implicit opinion , suddenly people can take a stance and learn from each other , trying to defend their justifications . The reality is , people feel more about opinions than data , but that doesn ' t mean we can ' t learn from opinions .