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There was a comment on HN a few days ago basically saying, "what's wrong with panic, maybe we should be panicking" and I just found that comment frightening.
by ropiwqefjnpoa 7y ago
There was a comment on HN a few days ago basically saying, "what's wrong with panic, maybe we should be panicking" and I just found that comment frightening. We mock all the "idiots" buying up the toilet paper, but panic clouds the clear thinking of even the "intelligent". It can absolutely effect our leaders and medical professionals.
- catalogia 7y agoReading that comment charitably, I guess they meant something about fear sometimes being a productive motivating emotion. In my view, panic is fear strong enough to override rationality. Cool-headed fear might be a good thing, but panic usually isn't.
- ropiwqefjnpoa 7y agoRight, panic is pure emotion, fight or flight, hard be rational in that state. Covid19 is "sobering". 100 years since the 1918 flu and we still aren't ready. Even with the billions we spend on health care.
- flukus 7y agoDepends on what people define as panic and the degree of it. I started stocking up food a couple of things a time in January and many people told me I was panicking. If a lot more people had panicked like me shopping would be easier. As it turns out I didn't panic enough either, I should have had more toilet paper and pasta to get through the panic from other people.
- loopz 7y agoMitigation is not "panicking". The earlier you do it, the less costly.