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The data might be out there but it doesn't mean less informed people will ever agree with you and no amount of data or reasoning can ever change their minds.

A better question would be, in this context, why research 'controversial' topics? If it's in hopes of persuading people to your point of view it seems like it'll be a futile effort.

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Or because some people have personal believes, or simply cannot comprehend some phenomenons - by studying the topics you would 'demystify' them and explain them in a cartesian way to the general public

to be fair there are also more informed people who just never got to see the actual data. a lot of people say "okay we'll believe you, but show me the data." a lot of times, we tend to be stuck here. for the ones that will never change their mind, there's nothing we can really do.

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