Originally Posted by
zetroc
Mr. Ake,
Thanks for your input. I will note that, broadly, this is how disinformation campaigns work. Self-appointed experts cherry-pick data, misrepresent the results of studies, spread links wildly, and try to snow people with an avalanche of information that they know, if rebutted, they will just re-bury with more bad data. Since I and most others here are not experts, we are not equipped to debate this topic with the level of scientific rigor that it deserves, which only serves the agenda of the loudest voices in the room.
I haven't looked at the statistics very closely but on any given day there are hundreds of bicycle enthusiasts browsing this forum, all of whom are susceptible to disinformation, whether they think they are or not. Again, that's how disinformation campaigns work.
I would prefer not to cede the floor to the loudest person in the room, since that is who always gets listened to the most, especially when they are as disingenuous as the party in question, but I don't see that I have a choice. Indeed, I would rank "subjecting myself to read posts by a Debate Me Bro on a bicycle forum" at the very bottom of my list of preferred leisure activities.
Steve