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I think it goes beyond theater. This pandemic has made everyone an expert, and once an opinion is formed, there’s a strong obtuseness to changing it. Very few a
by underseacables 6y ago
I think it goes beyond theater. This pandemic has made everyone an expert, and once an opinion is formed, there’s a strong obtuseness to changing it. Very few are willing to critically reassess what they know and their conclusions, so what it looks more like to me is a steadfast refusal by the scientific community to stick their necks out and possibly be wrong.
- mikestew 6y agoThe pandemic made the author an “expert”. The whole article amounts to “see, I was right all along!”, says the writer of articles on “economics, technology, and the media” (and not anything related to medicine) who read one article last year that supported his view. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. The author, turns out, isn’t wrong. But they are arguably right for the wrong reasons.