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Recall that the WHO were misinformation spreaders early after the COVID-19 outbreak. "Conspiracy theorist" is basically a label for anybody who does not rely o

Recall that the WHO were misinformation spreaders early after the COVID-19 outbreak. "Conspiracy theorist" is basically a label for anybody who does not rely on argument from authority. Half of the time they get it wrong, the other half of the time, the authority gets it wrong. There are some people who believe anything they are told. They might be on either end of this spectrum: Believe anything that an "authority" tells them, or believe anything that the "anti-authority" tells them. The rest are somewhere between: You have incomplete information and must draw your own conclusions.

tinus_hn 6y ago
They’ve just tried the ‘trumpet medicine as effective, then discredit it as ineffective’ cycle for the second time, now with remdesivir. I don’t know if this is malice or incompetence but I do know that taking their stories at face value, without verifying yourself, is not the smart thing to do.
sergeykish 6y ago
"Conspiracy theorists" rejects logic and facts that do not support their theories. They believe some authority more than reason. It happens that official point often stands for a reason.
- ProofMe5GIsSafe 6y ago
  Fact: WHO claimed that flights from China should not be banned, because China has it under control, and a travel ban would do nothing against spread. Fact: Flights from China, including tourism, contributed to the spread of the coronavirus world-wide. Fact: Instead of acknowledging this fact, the media blamed Trump for being a racist, for banning flights early on, despite what the WHO said. Fact: WHO downplayed the role, responsibility, and severity, and their level of access/transparency of China. Since there is no health reason for doing that, that reason was economic (WHO decision makers being bought or hired), or political (WHO decision makers bowing to China's one-country policy). So we have facts establishing: WHO lied, China lied and is in damage control, media lied and invoked racism over a lie, WHO can't be fully trusted to act in the public's health best interest, and can't be depended on for individual health best practices ("Don't wear mask, unless you are sick."). Some may call those facts conspiracy theories. And if it is a fact that the media did not paint Trump as a racist for making a sane decision, then this just does not support my theory, that the media is biased against Trump, or being played by Trump to become emotional and make bad decisions. I can find other evidence that does support it. Just because the media behaves one time, disproofs nothing, unless my theory is "The Media is 100% anti-Trump". Which would be a poor straw-man theory, easily debunked.
loopz 6y ago
Authority is who you decide to be. If I only believe my local cultist, that is my authority and nobody else. This is in the hands of the people themselves.

tinus_hn 6y ago

They’ve just tried the ‘trumpet medicine as effective, then discredit it as ineffective’ cycle for the second time, now with remdesivir. I don’t know if this is malice or incompetence but I do know that taking their stories at face value, without verifying yourself, is not the smart thing to do.

sergeykish 6y ago

"Conspiracy theorists" rejects logic and facts that do not support their theories. They believe some authority more than reason. It happens that official point often stands for a reason.

ProofMe5GIsSafe 6y ago
Fact: WHO claimed that flights from China should not be banned, because China has it under control, and a travel ban would do nothing against spread. Fact: Flights from China, including tourism, contributed to the spread of the coronavirus world-wide. Fact: Instead of acknowledging this fact, the media blamed Trump for being a racist, for banning flights early on, despite what the WHO said. Fact: WHO downplayed the role, responsibility, and severity, and their level of access/transparency of China. Since there is no health reason for doing that, that reason was economic (WHO decision makers being bought or hired), or political (WHO decision makers bowing to China's one-country policy). So we have facts establishing: WHO lied, China lied and is in damage control, media lied and invoked racism over a lie, WHO can't be fully trusted to act in the public's health best interest, and can't be depended on for individual health best practices ("Don't wear mask, unless you are sick."). Some may call those facts conspiracy theories. And if it is a fact that the media did not paint Trump as a racist for making a sane decision, then this just does not support my theory, that the media is biased against Trump, or being played by Trump to become emotional and make bad decisions. I can find other evidence that does support it. Just because the media behaves one time, disproofs nothing, unless my theory is "The Media is 100% anti-Trump". Which would be a poor straw-man theory, easily debunked.

loopz 6y ago

Authority is who you decide to be. If I only believe my local cultist, that is my authority and nobody else. This is in the hands of the people themselves.