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People don't like the answer "we don't know that", so they will ask experts until they get one who answers the question. People don't have time to understand t

by csours 3y ago

People don't like the answer "we don't know that", so they will ask experts until they get one who answers the question. People don't have time to understand the context of complicated subjects, so they ask experts who answer quickly. People can't test every statement for truth, so they ask experts who answer confidently. And then people feel like they've been lied to, because we don't know all the answers, the answers are complicated, and we need to change our minds sometimes because we were wrong. It's easy to blame "the media" or "the experts" or "the elite" for these problems, but there are a lot of hard problems in this world that need a lot of context to really understand in a meaningful way. Yes, media, experts, and elites abuse their position. Solving this problem requires more work than just replacing them. Your instinct that something is wrong with authority figures is correct, but I feel like you've gone down a narrow channel for the answers.

scarface_74 3y ago
> Your instinct that something is wrong with authority figures is correct, but I feel like you've gone down a narrow channel for the answers. I am not doubting the science or the statements that come from the CDC, DHHS, or the established respected medical community. I’m criticizing the government more for actively, denying and suppressing information that they admit now to be true. On another note almost everything that the government has done in handling Covid since the vaccines have come out has done more harm than good: 1. Vaccine mandates for a vaccine that has since been shown not to be effective long term without a booster. I for the J and J vaccine March 2021. I could show that as proof of vaccination and that alone and I would still be in compliance even though all of the science shows it doesn’t mean anything two years later without boosters (which I’ve done on schedule and still got Covid twice. It was mild each time) 2. Mask mandates after the vaccine was widely available - in practice mostly ineffective because people were wearing cloth masks and not wearing them correctly. At that point I had no sympathy for people who died from Covid who refused to get vaccinated. They made their choice using their own free will.

by csours 3y ago

scarface_74 3y ago

> Your instinct that something is wrong with authority figures is correct, but I feel like you've gone down a narrow channel for the answers. I am not doubting the science or the statements that come from the CDC, DHHS, or the established respected medical community. I’m criticizing the government more for actively, denying and suppressing information that they admit now to be true. On another note almost everything that the government has done in handling Covid since the vaccines have come out has done more harm than good: 1. Vaccine mandates for a vaccine that has since been shown not to be effective long term without a booster. I for the J and J vaccine March 2021. I could show that as proof of vaccination and that alone and I would still be in compliance even though all of the science shows it doesn’t mean anything two years later without boosters (which I’ve done on schedule and still got Covid twice. It was mild each time) 2. Mask mandates after the vaccine was widely available - in practice mostly ineffective because people were wearing cloth masks and not wearing them correctly. At that point I had no sympathy for people who died from Covid who refused to get vaccinated. They made their choice using their own free will.