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Group stupidity specifically; tribalism. Sticking with your group even when you know you're wrong or right.
by conception 8y ago
Group stupidity specifically; tribalism. Sticking with your group even when you know you're wrong or right.
- neuronic 8y agoIt's much worse than that. We are facing existential issues and need a collective, collaborative effort to solve them on a sustainable basis. It's not going to happen. This isn't one of those "if we can rally all our scientists and engineers" things like APOLLO or MANHATTAN. For example, how are we even going to tell millions of sailors to stop ocean-based plastic pollution [1]? Are Navy ships, heavy polluters themselves, going to enforce those rules? Are we trusting Chinese fishermen to adhere to new environmental protection laws? That's one part of a small part of a part of the problem that is climate change and ecosystem destruction.... [1] https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/42315/do-10-asian-and-african-rivers-generate-90-of-plastic-trash-in-the-ocean https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/42315/do-10-asi...