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> Scientific progress has and will always win I wish I could share this optimism, but one thing we've seen in the last year is that people will put themselves
by mynameisash 6y ago
> Scientific progress has and will always win
I wish I could share this optimism, but one thing we've seen in the last year is that people will put themselves and others at risk as part of tribal signaling: "humans are motivated reasoners who alter their thinking, feeling, and behaving when thinking, feeling, and behaving in certain ways might upset their peers."[0]
Maybe I'm reading your statement in a different way than you intend it. The science itself is good, but if society isn't leveraging that knowledge for our own betterment, is science winning?
[0] https://youarenotsosmart.com/2020/07/31/yanss-185-why-the-reason-behind-why-some-people-refuse-to-wear-masks-during-a-pandemic-has-little-to-do-with-the-masks-themselves/ https://youarenotsosmart.com/2020/07/31/yanss-185-why-the-re...
- nradov 6y agoAre you suggesting that eliminating all possible risk to ourselves and others is somehow better? Or if there is an acceptable level of risk then please quantify it. I put others at risk every time I drive my car. In theory I could eliminate that risk by walking everywhere, but I'm unwilling to do so.
- mynameisash 6y ago> Are you suggesting that eliminating all possible risk to ourselves and others is somehow better? That's not at all what I said. What I said was "people will put themselves and others at risk as part of tribal signaling". There's risk everywhere, but adding risk as a way to signal that you're in this group and not in that group is - at least in the case of masks - contrary to scientific progress.