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"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!" - Upton Sinclair But more charitably, I could al
by travisporter 6y ago
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!" - Upton Sinclair
But more charitably, I could also see people going past worrying to denial/dismissal
- soupfordummies 6y agoVery small sample size and a different issue to be sure, but with people I've interacted with that dispute the validity/importance of the Coronavirus, they are being driven primarily by denial/dismissal. To accept it and and work from there to adapt and mitigate is terrifying. I think you can probably say the same about climate change. Additionally, I think you could draw a line that these denials are influenced by those protecting their "salaries"
- fortran77 6y agoAnd it checks out, too. https://quoteinvestigator.com/2017/11/30/salary/ https://quoteinvestigator.com/2017/11/30/salary/