Comment by emiliobumachar on Debunked And Well-Refuted · 2018-04-14T17:41:04.973Z · LW · GW

Why would it be worse to cite opposing research, labeling it as "debunked" on a whim, than to never acknowledge it?

I would think it's strictly better, while still bad. It's more informative to a skeptical reader, who now has a grapple point to search the other view.