I wouldn't conclude that much. I think they just believe that a paper is an absolute truth but most of them don't have enough knowledge about the ways and history of the scientific field. To me it's mostly an anxiety based reaction due to this era lack of 'promises' and emerging problems. People are running for certainty.
Fact checking, unfortunately, isn’t what we think it is. Despite the superficial appearance, fact checking isn’t a helpful tool for determining the truth and for forming an accurate opinion. Instead, it’s actually an in/out group filter which segregates people by belief and value, while allowing each group to believe they hold the Factual High-Ground, and to claim any subsequent moral position which proceeds from being “factually correct.
> Despite the superficial appearance, fact checking isn’t a helpful tool for determining the truth and for forming an accurate opinion
Sure it is. Not the bare conclusions viewed uncritically, but the support with references, if it exists (which in most notable fact checkers it does) absolutely is.
