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Your questions are easily answered via Google. You clearly have an agenda here.

RobertRoberts 8y ago
I have been wrong about a lot of stuff in the past. The reason I like discussing things here on HN is because there's a higher threshold of logic over emotions. An agenda means I am somehow spreading misinformation. But I am not. Read all my comments, I am asking a logic questions challenging some old historical beliefs that have changed and emotional reactions.
- chris_wot 8y ago
  So you are asking questions to challenge beliefs. That’s called the fallacy of many questions. [1] I wouldn’t vote you down or have commented if you would just say you don’t believe there is any data to substantiate a claim. But you are clearly trying to ask questions not to illuminate, but to try to advance your agenda. I will straight out ask you - do you believe vaccines are effective? And do you believe they are dangerous and shouldn’t be given to children? 1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex_question https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex_question
mcculley 8y ago
Maybe I am interpreting him too charitably, but I don't assume he has an agenda. I am wondering if the Wikipedia article needs to point out how the game theory works for those who are unfamiliar with such things.
- RobertRoberts 8y ago
  I appreciate you even taking the time to comment. I don't know much about game theory, but how does that apply to vaccines?
  - mcculley 8y ago
    I cannot reply to your other questions in replies to me because your submissions are flagged. In one of your replies you ask, "Other comments state that anyone can carry the virus, even vaccinated people though..." Vaccinated people will fight off the virus and reproduce a lot fewer copies before their immune system knocks it out. This is effectively near zero compared to a vaccinated person. As for game theory, every person is making a choice (or his parents are). One can be a "free rider" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herd_immunity#Free_riding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herd_immunity#Free_riding). If there are too many free riders in the population, any infection will ripple through it into those who are not vaccinated. It's totally fine for a small number of people to be unvaccinated. When they start using Twitter and it becomes a large enough number, the population crosses the tipping point, infecting the unvaccinated who benefited from the herd immunity.
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I have been wrong about a lot of stuff in the past. The reason I like discussing things here on HN is because there's a higher threshold of logic over emotions. An agenda means I am somehow spreading misinformation. But I am not. Read all my comments, I am asking a logic questions challenging some old historical beliefs that have changed and emotional reactions.

chris_wot 8y ago
So you are asking questions to challenge beliefs. That’s called the fallacy of many questions. [1] I wouldn’t vote you down or have commented if you would just say you don’t believe there is any data to substantiate a claim. But you are clearly trying to ask questions not to illuminate, but to try to advance your agenda. I will straight out ask you - do you believe vaccines are effective? And do you believe they are dangerous and shouldn’t be given to children? 1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex_question https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex_question

mcculley 8y ago

Maybe I am interpreting him too charitably, but I don't assume he has an agenda. I am wondering if the Wikipedia article needs to point out how the game theory works for those who are unfamiliar with such things.

RobertRoberts 8y ago
I appreciate you even taking the time to comment. I don't know much about game theory, but how does that apply to vaccines?
- mcculley 8y ago
  I cannot reply to your other questions in replies to me because your submissions are flagged. In one of your replies you ask, "Other comments state that anyone can carry the virus, even vaccinated people though..." Vaccinated people will fight off the virus and reproduce a lot fewer copies before their immune system knocks it out. This is effectively near zero compared to a vaccinated person. As for game theory, every person is making a choice (or his parents are). One can be a "free rider" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herd_immunity#Free_riding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herd_immunity#Free_riding). If there are too many free riders in the population, any infection will ripple through it into those who are not vaccinated. It's totally fine for a small number of people to be unvaccinated. When they start using Twitter and it becomes a large enough number, the population crosses the tipping point, infecting the unvaccinated who benefited from the herd immunity.
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