Ah we do everything again, and again, and again.
This from 1948.
"It's not as bad a whopping cough, stop freaking out"
This from 1948.
"It's not as bad a whopping cough, stop freaking out"
Worry about a risk is normal .
Panic myth is a myth.
Humans repeat the same things again and again.
No, we cannot stop without training.
(And there may be some things like optimism bias/denial we can never quite get over.)
Panic myth is a myth.
Humans repeat the same things again and again.
No, we cannot stop without training.
(And there may be some things like optimism bias/denial we can never quite get over.)
This was about psych
I leave to your homework to determine:
1. rate of polio, and outcomes;
2. compare/contrast with that of COVID-19.
Are they similar? Dissimilar? Do we know enough about COVID-19? Long-term/developmental? When will we see these things?
I leave to your homework to determine:
1. rate of polio, and outcomes;
2. compare/contrast with that of COVID-19.
Are they similar? Dissimilar? Do we know enough about COVID-19? Long-term/developmental? When will we see these things?
as for "again and again" here is a search with the many refs to items that we keep "rediscovering"
twitter.com/search?q=again…
twitter.com/search?q=again…
Like #COVIDisAirborne.
Well, #MeaslesisAirborne. But people forget, measles was droplet first. The case studies proved it was airborne. Took about 1912->1980 or so.
Well, #MeaslesisAirborne. But people forget, measles was droplet first. The case studies proved it was airborne. Took about 1912->1980 or so.
https://twitter.com/jmcrookston/status/1297251138086023169
Maybe history _does_ have something to teach us.
Bunch of good articles about elite panic here
https://twitter.com/oohussey/status/1476350784845586442?s=20
Excellent thread on panicking of the elites, which does actually happen. Being discussed in the comments but who can ever find anything there ...
https://twitter.com/watermelonpunch/status/1471014729258782720?s=20
Black plague stories. [Ed. Because that's what we all want during COVID!]
Elites fled in panic. Commoners just calmly dug their own graves.
Elites fled in panic. Commoners just calmly dug their own graves.
https://twitter.com/JonPloug/status/1476440786082353156?s=20
Interesting thought. Apparently when asked to imagine a mundane situation we will embellish the heck out of it. Just the way we imagine the future. Just the way we are wired
That's probably why we imagine that people will panic even though if we studied them we'd know they don't
That's probably why we imagine that people will panic even though if we studied them we'd know they don't
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