@zastari So far, every "Science Based" parenting group I've joined has eventually gone that route. The moderators get crazy about something and decide there is One True Answer, no discussion allowed, which is just about the opposite of a healthy scientific debate / discussion.
Before the reddit community, I was declared a "lactivist" in a big "science based" Facebook group for disagreeing when a mod posted that "formula and breast milk are the same".
Not "have the same outcome for otherwise healthy babies". Nope, that mod was pissed and banning people for pointing out that they are not the same, and there's actual scientific research showing that breast milk has better outcomes for significantly premature infants. I also commented that sometimes certain types of formula are better for infants with allergies / intolerances because it's . . . . not actually the same as breast milk!
So yeah, as far as I can tell they all go down the route of "no discussion, science is a settled fact and can't be debated" in the end.
Before the reddit community, I was declared a "lactivist" in a big "science based" Facebook group for disagreeing when a mod posted that "formula and breast milk are the same".
Not "have the same outcome for otherwise healthy babies". Nope, that mod was pissed and banning people for pointing out that they are not the same, and there's actual scientific research showing that breast milk has better outcomes for significantly premature infants. I also commented that sometimes certain types of formula are better for infants with allergies / intolerances because it's . . . . not actually the same as breast milk!
So yeah, as far as I can tell they all go down the route of "no discussion, science is a settled fact and can't be debated" in the end.