I guess I was more talking about how the default reaction wasn't "hmm, maybe this new science should cause me to reevaluate my priors". Instead it was to, with

I guess I was more talking about how the default reaction wasn't "hmm, maybe this new science should cause me to reevaluate my priors". Instead it was to, within seconds/minutes, post about how this new scientific finding doesn't apply to them and they don't need to change any existing beliefs or behavior. Surely our default reaction should be to deeply question our existing beliefs when disconfirming evidence comes up?