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>They listened to their doctors. Modern life is too complex for everyone to understand everything fully. Exactly. This directly contradicts the notion that "t
by colllectorof 8y ago
>They listened to their doctors. Modern life is too complex for everyone to understand everything fully.
Exactly. This directly contradicts the notion that "the research out there" is by itself sufficient to convince anyone of anything.
People rely on authorities, and different groups of people have different entities they consider authoritative.
>So we delegate decisions to reliable authorities.
Sure. Like, uh, elected politicians? Who benefit from politicization of science, no matter which side of each issues they end up on?
It it remarkable how oblivious most people are to the social dynamics of these issues.
- edanm 8y agoI completely agree with your points, and wish you weren't being downvoted for them. I'm completely on the "climate change is real" side (sad that I feel I have to declare my loyalty), but I think most people simply aren't engaging with how people actually form opinions, which is why so much of politics becomes simply impossible. And I mean understanding this from both sides - recognizing how other people form invalid opinions, but also understanding that how you form (hopefully valid) opinions is usually also a "pick which experts I listen to" kind of thing. Hopefully, you're picking the right experts because you understand reasoning and the scientific process - but to pretend you're only going by the science, or rather, that "your side" is only going by the science, is to ignore the fact that 99% of people can't tell you any argument or counterargument for any belief they hold.