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The irony of seeing this reply in a thread started with hope for "renewed appreciation for the second-order, systemic, and unintended consequences of any action
by adamiscool8 4y ago
The irony of seeing this reply in a thread started with hope for "renewed appreciation for the second-order, systemic, and unintended consequences of any action" is darkly comic.
- trention 4y agoThe first-order effect of ebola is (almost) certain death. No need to consider anything of higher order.
- nradov 4y agoThe fatality rate for ebola is around 50%. https://www.paho.org/en/topics/ebola-virus-disease https://www.paho.org/en/topics/ebola-virus-disease Even at that rate, I would rather take my chances with ebola than live under a communist regime. https://victimsofcommunism.org/ https://victimsofcommunism.org/
- adamiscool8 4y agoIt's not, it's about a coinflip (as the sibling reply noted). But you're making a very salient point about the ease at which higher order thinking can be shut down en masse in a population through fear.
- trention 4y agoIs there an authoritarian government in the history of humanity that managed to kill 50% of its population? What's the average? Yes, there are situations in which "higher order thinking" doesn't matter.
- adamiscool8 4y ago>Is there an authoritarian government in the history of humanity that managed to kill 50% of its population? That's the sort of higher-order question you'll be able to find out right after the magical Ebola wave, if you embrace authoritarianism.
- trention 4y agoGot it, "higher-order thinking" is the new reincarnation of "doing your own research". Not that surprising, actually.
- adamiscool8 4y agoIn that both are exemplary qualities, only talked down by people who — by laziness or ulterior motive — would rather see them outsourced?
- trention 4y agoNo, in that both are usually repeated by clueless charlatans.