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As an example, fear of flying is more prevalent in the population than fear of driving. This is despite flying being demonstrably safer by any metrics you choos
by jmyeet 3y ago
As an example, fear of flying is more prevalent in the population than fear of driving. This is despite flying being demonstrably safer by any metrics you choose. It, like pretty much any fear, is irrational. That's fine.
This only becomes a problem try to rationalize their fears and make them seem logical. Again, if that's purely an internal struggle that's fine. But if your fear of flight led you to push policy and legislation to outlaw planes and airports using junk science about noise, pollution or safety then your fear of flyijng has become a problem that needs to be addressed. And you need to be ignored.
Which brings us to mRNA vaccines and the "evidence" of them being unsafe. Trust me when I tell you that what motivates you here is your feelings, not anything rational. I would strongly encourage you to figure out why that is.
- ifyoubuildit 3y ago> Which brings us to mRNA vaccines and the "evidence" of them being unsafe. Who said anything about that? Wrong thread maybe?
- jmyeet 3y agoNo, right thread. Your original comment immediately pegged you as an anti-vaxxer. You might try the slightly better label of "vaccine skeptic" but it's the same thing. This was entirely obvious. Perusing your comments confirms this pretty quickly eg [1][2][3][4][5][6]. [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37669756 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37669756 [2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37579999 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37579999 [3]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37579906 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37579906 [4]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37525788 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37525788 [5]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37217411 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37217411 [6]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36516071 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36516071
- ifyoubuildit 3y agoI want to engage, but there doesn't seem to be any point. You seem to be confidently handling my side of the conversation for me. Though I guess for the record since you're throwing labels at me, I am no such thing by any reasonable definition of the word. Keep fighting the good fight though.
- someuser2345 3y ago[flagged]