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One of the more egregious examples of survivorship bias. Of course you have the luxury of not being afraid of something that doesn't end up killing you, and I w
by iab 6y ago
One of the more egregious examples of survivorship bias. Of course you have the luxury of not being afraid of something that doesn't end up killing you, and I will of course endorse her view just as soon as we can confirm from someone who died that it was also an overblown hoax.
- api 6y agoI think you’re being generous. I don’t think it’s survivorship bias. I think it’s narcissism. She’s not willing to be inconvenienced for the benefit of people she doesn’t know, or to listen to evidence beyond anecdotes from her own life.
- walterbell 6y ago> listen to evidence beyond anecdotes from her own life One of her previous articles has 150+ comments: https://tessa.substack.com/p/great-reset-dummies https://tessa.substack.com/p/great-reset-dummies
- api 6y agoA giant conspiracy theory based on the latest billionaire pipe dream. Check. As soon as we have a vaccine for this, a bunch of these trends will reverse. Maybe not all of them, but there’s going to be a flurry of travel and partying and all the rest. ... and yes, governments reactions to COVID have been ham fisted, waffling, and poorly thought out. This is why I don’t buy giant conspiracy theories. The elite are no more organized than average people.
- mwcampbell 6y agoYou criticize the GP for being generous, but I think they should take it as a compliment. We're drowning in so much cynicism and assuming the worst in each other; we need more generosity, even though by definition it costs us something. To attempt to practice that, I'll grant that maybe you're weary of talking to narcissistic people, so you made a snap judgment of this article based on that. But I think she might be onto something. I'm not sure.