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9% of people think the government is using the vaccine to microchip the population... but got it anyway? Huh?

by airza 5y ago

TigeriusKirk 5y ago
Probably the Lizardman Constant. https://slatestarcodex.com/2013/04/12/noisy-poll-results-and-reptilian-muslim-climatologists-from-mars/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2013/04/12/noisy-poll-results-and...
throwaway0a5e 5y ago
If you told me one in ten people thinks the vaccine is a microchip I wouldn't believe you. If you told me that one in ten people would troll someone conducting a survey I would be surprised the number is that low.
- seattle_spring 5y ago
  > If you told me one in ten people thinks the vaccine is a microchip I wouldn't believe you I would. I live out in the country and the people in my area believe some absolutely bonkers stuff.
arsome 5y ago
To be fair, I'd tell a survey company that too, because it's fucking hilarious.
ReptileMan 5y ago
A lot of them are trolling. I will give such stupid answer just for the lolz
throwslackforce 5y ago
The chart does indicate 9% of fully vaccinated people believe that the vaccine microchips the population, with another 9% not sure. I wish they'd done a follow-up question where they asked that 9% "do you think your vaccine contained microchips" to see if the answers were logically consistent.
adrianmonk 5y ago
I found that surprising as well. The chart in the article labels that 9% as "Definitely / probably true", so not all of those 9% definitely believe it. Looking at the detailed data[1] gives more info: > 46E. Belief in Conspiracy Theories — The U.S. government is using the COVID-19 vaccine to microchip the population > In your opinion, how likely is it that the following scenarios are true? > Definitely true 5% > Probably true 15% > Probably false 19% > Definitely false 46% > Not sure 14% So, of the 9% (who got it despite microchipping) how many are "definitely" and how many are "probably"? Among all respondents, "probably true" is 3X as common as "definitely true". If those percentages are the same among vaccine refuser respondents, then 2.25% of vaccine refusers believe the microchip thing is definitely true and 6.75% only believe it's probably true. The "probably true" refusers are not that hard for me to understand. Maybe you feel like it could have a microchip but you don't really know and some other force (fear of the virus, job requirement, pressure from family/friends) pushes you to get it anyway. The "definitely true" refusers are much harder to explain, but like others I think it could be that some people are not giving honest answers. I suppose some of them might have gotten the vaccination before they came to believe in the microchip theory. --- [1] See p. 132 at https://docs.cdn.yougov.com/w2zmwpzsq0/econTabReport.pdf https://docs.cdn.yougov.com/w2zmwpzsq0/econTabReport.pdf
kube-system 5y ago
Some of that might be noise, but there are also some people who both trust their doctors and entertain conspiracy theories. Many of the people who entertain crazy theories also entertain reasonable ones as well - they just aren't sure who to believe. I am sure some of that 9% are honest answers, reasoning along the lines of: "I'm not sure but there's nothing I can do about it".

9% of people think the government is using the vaccine to microchip the population... but got it anyway? Huh?

by airza 5y ago

9% of people think the government is using the vaccine to microchip the population... but got it anyway? Huh?

Probably the Lizardman Constant. https://slatestarcodex.com/2013/04/12/noisy-poll-results-and-reptilian-muslim-climatologists-from-mars/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2013/04/12/noisy-poll-results-and...

throwaway0a5e 5y ago

If you told me one in ten people thinks the vaccine is a microchip I wouldn't believe you. If you told me that one in ten people would troll someone conducting a survey I would be surprised the number is that low.

seattle_spring 5y ago
> If you told me one in ten people thinks the vaccine is a microchip I wouldn't believe you I would. I live out in the country and the people in my area believe some absolutely bonkers stuff.

arsome 5y ago

To be fair, I'd tell a survey company that too, because it's fucking hilarious.

ReptileMan 5y ago

A lot of them are trolling. I will give such stupid answer just for the lolz

throwslackforce 5y ago

The chart does indicate 9% of fully vaccinated people believe that the vaccine microchips the population, with another 9% not sure. I wish they'd done a follow-up question where they asked that 9% "do you think your vaccine contained microchips" to see if the answers were logically consistent.

adrianmonk 5y ago

I found that surprising as well. The chart in the article labels that 9% as "Definitely / probably true", so not all of those 9% definitely believe it. Looking at the detailed data[1] gives more info: > 46E. Belief in Conspiracy Theories — The U.S. government is using the COVID-19 vaccine to microchip the population > In your opinion, how likely is it that the following scenarios are true? > Definitely true 5% > Probably true 15% > Probably false 19% > Definitely false 46% > Not sure 14% So, of the 9% (who got it despite microchipping) how many are "definitely" and how many are "probably"? Among all respondents, "probably true" is 3X as common as "definitely true". If those percentages are the same among vaccine refuser respondents, then 2.25% of vaccine refusers believe the microchip thing is definitely true and 6.75% only believe it's probably true. The "probably true" refusers are not that hard for me to understand. Maybe you feel like it could have a microchip but you don't really know and some other force (fear of the virus, job requirement, pressure from family/friends) pushes you to get it anyway. The "definitely true" refusers are much harder to explain, but like others I think it could be that some people are not giving honest answers. I suppose some of them might have gotten the vaccination before they came to believe in the microchip theory. --- [1] See p. 132 at https://docs.cdn.yougov.com/w2zmwpzsq0/econTabReport.pdf https://docs.cdn.yougov.com/w2zmwpzsq0/econTabReport.pdf

kube-system 5y ago

Some of that might be noise, but there are also some people who both trust their doctors and entertain conspiracy theories. Many of the people who entertain crazy theories also entertain reasonable ones as well - they just aren't sure who to believe. I am sure some of that 9% are honest answers, reasoning along the lines of: "I'm not sure but there's nothing I can do about it".