Opening paragraph: "“Research both sides and make up your own mind.” It’s simple, straightforward, common sense advice. And when it comes to issues like vaccina

Opening paragraph: "“Research both sides and make up your own mind.” It’s simple, straightforward, common sense advice. And when it comes to issues like vaccinations, climate change, and the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, it can be dangerous, destructive, and even deadly. The techniques that most of us use to navigate most of our decisions in life — gathering information, evaluating it based on what we know, and choosing a course of action — can lead to spectacular failures when it comes to a scientific matter." Its dangerous to trust your own judgement. Trust the experts. Thanks Forbes! In reality, this is a ridiculous argument - its just 'appeal to authority'. It devalues the individual. If you don't value your own judgement you are beholden to companies, corporations, etc that may not be acting in your interests. My favourite example for this is diabetes. If you don't eat carbs or sugar, you don't overload your body and don't need to enter the medical system. This is to say that I am claiming you can manage your condition with a careful diet only. Which medical company would advise you to do that?! None. There is simply no profit in it. I hope I am conveying the principle, whether you accept my thesis or not - and if you are a diabetic you should test this for yourself. My main point is that you need to trust your individual judgement - corporations, governments, and their paid for experts are not 100% trustworthy.