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Oh one last thing, "common-sense logic" is when people invent stuff entirely from thin air, refuse to check for validation, testing, verification or any evidenc
by kristopolous 6y ago
Oh one last thing, "common-sense logic" is when people invent stuff entirely from thin air, refuse to check for validation, testing, verification or any evidence and automatically believe it must be real.
Then they "disagree" with measured, quantifiable, quantitative, verifiable analysis by calling that "personal beliefs".
Take the wacko medical theories during covid for instance. Real data wasn't as important as the most comfortable fiction.
When shown to be wrong they'll make up excuses, play with word definitions, move goal posts, anything at all Except for updating their beliefs. Because their made up story feels true so they try to force their perception of reality to fit.
This same method was used by the Tobacco industry and Exxon on climate change. It's like how religious people say how a lack of evidence is only a test of your faith. The lack of evidence is the evidence.
Speaking of religion, it's also how completely baseless free market theory took hold as well. In fact milton friedman penned numerous essays about how evidence based analysis disrupts the purity of thought when people did quantitative studies showing him wrong. He said his made up logic was way more important than actually testing it.
That's why the Chicago school taking over policy has been a total disaster. Because they decided to stop looking at actual results and consequences.
So no, common sense logic is totally made up and the fantasies it leads to doesn't mean anything except in the head of the person saying it.