69 karma · joined October 5, 2021
This is a common argument, and honestly it's garbage.
The parent statement was not literal, making your expansion meaningless and honestly a little stunning.
Learning: the acquisition of knowledge or skills through experience, study, or by being taught.
Podcasts are great for learning. They're not great for learning skills, but they're great for acquiring knowledge.
I can read the article, gather my initial thoughts and come to some sensible comments within that articles posting to further navigate.
If this article is garbage, the way to dispense with it is with comments such as these. (I'm not making any claim to the validity or lack-thereof of the article)
Your own statement "conspiracy theories are killing people" is also a bit of a non fact.
While the result of believing in conspiracy theories have no doubt lead to someones death, somewhere; presenting it as a serious problem whose root effect is "Death" is incredibly silly.