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Agree, the negative part is disproportionately impactful. As an analogy, my g/f and I recently went grocery shopping. As we got out she was fuming at how old p
by fleddr 5y ago
Agree, the negative part is disproportionately impactful.
As an analogy, my g/f and I recently went grocery shopping. As we got out she was fuming at how old people completely ignore COVID rules, whilst society is largely making sacrifices for them.
I was part of the whole experience, and two people ignored the rules. One did not have a mask, another did have one but ignored social distancing.
There were probably some 200 people in the store. So actual reality is that almost everybody complied. But it takes just one or two that don't, to make a sweeping conclusion like that.
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- krsrhe 5y agoYou know what the vast majority of old people are doing? Not going to the store with you. Hello, sampling bias!
- fullstackchris 5y agoExactly my thoughts. OP needs to read _Thinking, Fast and Slow_ and/or _The Scout Mindset_. Actually COVID as a whole has been yet another revealing of the amazing ability of the irrationality of humans and our failure to understand statistics, numbers, and growth rates, large and small.
- fleddr 5y agoAren't you only confirming my point?