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At the beginning of the year their rate was not the highest, but other groups got convinced (their rates lowered), but PhDs remained constant. To me it means t
by bellyfullofbac 5y ago
At the beginning of the year their rate was not the highest, but other groups got convinced (their rates lowered), but PhDs remained constant.
To me it means the PhDs have a high degree of confidence in their own beliefs (surely thinking they've come to their conclusions rationally and with rigorous scientific reasoning), and no push will change their minds. Whether this self-evaluation is accurate or not, is a different question. I wonder what their PhDs are even in, if it's molecular biology, then, well, maybe there's a case there, but a PhD in, say, Polynesian cultures?
- Eric_WVGG 5y agoMy guess is that the level of education required to get a PhD instills in one an extreme level of skepticism; since most PhDs are not in genetics or virology (just simple statistics), most PhDs are skeptical of the fields from which they are not experts.
- jjeaff 5y agoBut if they are skeptical of the experts, why in the world aren't they skeptical of the non-expert saying the vaccine is dangerous?
- bellyfullofbac 5y ago"They" here are 23.9% of PhDs. So 76.1% believe the experts. The rest are probably like other skeptics (or like most of us humans), they've come up with the conlusion and they've seen the proof that supported that conclusion and dismissed proof that don't. Although as PhDs they should know more about confirmation bias...