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Well, at least he wasn't arrested and barred from flying: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/16/southwest-airlines-man-removed-flight-arabic http://www

Well, at least he wasn't arrested and barred from flying: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/16/southwest-airlines-man-removed-flight-arabic http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/16/southwest-air... These sort of events really highlight how dangerous the combination of stupidity and fear is.

CPLX 10y ago
Yes, here's an excellent video outlining the key factors at work: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YwZ0ZUy7P3E https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YwZ0ZUy7P3E
- gaius 10y ago
  And http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/easyjet-flight-halted-when-woman-notices-is-messages-on-mans-phone/news-story/012d3f5aa5331df6a72ad824505bd991 http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/easyj... All 3 cases are women reporting men, which is interesting.
  - hackuser 10y ago
    > All 3 cases are women reporting men, which is interesting. It's meaningless; the sample is far too small and also not representative of the population of such reports.
- pdkl95 10y ago
  A better explanation, that highlights how it isn't just "stupidity", but the combination of stupidity and ambition. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmZOZjHjT5E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmZOZjHjT5E
B1FF_PSUVM 10y ago
> how dangerous the combination of stupidity and fear is Not dangerous at all, it's really quite convenient. Can't have all those people sloshing around unsupervised, or even apparently unsupervised. Gotta show 'em.
linhchi 10y ago
It's witch-hunting, isn't it. Amist the hype of fear, you'd better not showing your knowledge on anything, (for the witch, it's knowledge on herb and natural healing).
- yongjik 10y ago
  Well, to be fair, "knowledge on natural healing" kills more people than terrorism these days... :/
  - linhchi 10y ago
    :) oh come on, every field has the problem of faker and pretentious practitioner. Because studying everything takes serious effort, hence if you're lazy, you get empathy, but if you work hard while people around you don't, you get the hypothesis that you're elitist and fancy. And they have ground for that hypothesis, because It's true that faking wisdom gets some glamour too.

CPLX 10y ago

Yes, here's an excellent video outlining the key factors at work: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YwZ0ZUy7P3E https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YwZ0ZUy7P3E

gaius 10y ago
And http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/easyjet-flight-halted-when-woman-notices-is-messages-on-mans-phone/news-story/012d3f5aa5331df6a72ad824505bd991 http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/easyj... All 3 cases are women reporting men, which is interesting.
- hackuser 10y ago
  > All 3 cases are women reporting men, which is interesting. It's meaningless; the sample is far too small and also not representative of the population of such reports.
pdkl95 10y ago
A better explanation, that highlights how it isn't just "stupidity", but the combination of stupidity and ambition. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmZOZjHjT5E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmZOZjHjT5E

B1FF_PSUVM 10y ago

> how dangerous the combination of stupidity and fear is Not dangerous at all, it's really quite convenient. Can't have all those people sloshing around unsupervised, or even apparently unsupervised. Gotta show 'em.

linhchi 10y ago

It's witch-hunting, isn't it. Amist the hype of fear, you'd better not showing your knowledge on anything, (for the witch, it's knowledge on herb and natural healing).

yongjik 10y ago
Well, to be fair, "knowledge on natural healing" kills more people than terrorism these days... :/
- linhchi 10y ago
  :) oh come on, every field has the problem of faker and pretentious practitioner. Because studying everything takes serious effort, hence if you're lazy, you get empathy, but if you work hard while people around you don't, you get the hypothesis that you're elitist and fancy. And they have ground for that hypothesis, because It's true that faking wisdom gets some glamour too.