What do you do when good independent studies are finally being done and they show that the virus has already spread and has not caused the mass devastation you had spent months warning the world about?
You suddenly discover the ability to think critically!
Just imagine how handy critical thinking would have been had it been employed BEFORE panicking based on CCP/WHO data and exponential projections of tens of millions of deaths.
Just imagine how handy critical thinking would have been had it been employed BEFORE panicking based on CCP/WHO data and exponential projections of tens of millions of deaths.
Panic-science has more holes in it than Swiss Cheese:
-Unreliable tests
-growth in cases was mostly measuring growth in testing
-death rates inflated by mostly testing sick people
-CCP/WHO propaganda
-Dumb exponential projections
-High comorbidity
-Unreliable tests
-growth in cases was mostly measuring growth in testing
-death rates inflated by mostly testing sick people
-CCP/WHO propaganda
-Dumb exponential projections
-High comorbidity
More holes in panic-science:
-No good understanding of nature of viral transmission
-No understanding of what are the riskiest interactions
-No actual evidence that lockdowns at home will slow or prevent spread
-Very little work on understanding & addressing risk factors.
-No good understanding of nature of viral transmission
-No understanding of what are the riskiest interactions
-No actual evidence that lockdowns at home will slow or prevent spread
-Very little work on understanding & addressing risk factors.
Yet none of that would awaken any critical thinking on the part of our panicked warriors, or cause them to question the wisdom of promoting a global shutdown ruining the livelihood of billions.
Critical thinking is reserved only for anti-panic science.
Critical thinking is reserved only for anti-panic science.
"Let them eat flat curves"
While working people's lives are ruined, panickers hone their critical thinking skills to quell any outbreak of good news.
The more panic-warriors double down on hysteria, the more obvious their detachment from the real trade-offs normal people face
While working people's lives are ruined, panickers hone their critical thinking skills to quell any outbreak of good news.
The more panic-warriors double down on hysteria, the more obvious their detachment from the real trade-offs normal people face
Can you possibly believe Balaji would be as enthusiastic about lockdowns if he had a real job that he needed to do to feed his family?
You may not need to leave home to thought-leader & get millions from VCs to run a shitcoin shop & spam email service. Others aren't so lucky.
You may not need to leave home to thought-leader & get millions from VCs to run a shitcoin shop & spam email service. Others aren't so lucky.
"No, kids, stop crying, I know you're hungry but I can't leave home to work to feed you until I have looked at all of these new anti-panic studies and thought out every potential problem possible with each of them. Critical thinking first!"
SV thought leaders have an obvious financial interest in thought leadering and panicking, as it can raise bags of freshly minted Cantillon-heavy fiat, and that's fine.
I just wish they'd understand other people's financial interests are not a sing of stupidity or ignorance.
I just wish they'd understand other people's financial interests are not a sing of stupidity or ignorance.
