Don't argue with cranks. I can't agree more. And historically this is what has worked with denialist groups. You don't debate them as if they're honest brokers, you treat them as the defective brains that they are, and eventually, their influence dwindles, and they'll be reduced to a small community of losers sharing their delusions of grandeur and righteous indignation in some tiny corner of the internet.
The key to preventing denialism isn't in arguing with those that have already formed fixed, irrational ideas. It can only happen with prevention – early education that emphasizes logic, scientific methods, rational thought and non-ideological, pragmatic approaches to problem solving.
---SPSmith
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