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Mike G wrote:This is the reason for conspiracy theories:
Mike Jordan wrote:It seems to me that the media usually balances "facts and figures " type reports by giving the last word to one of the morons from the unbelievers camp. I've lost former colleagues to this disease, it's real! in spite of the raving of the unbalanced who walk amongst us. I think the Germans have an answer - no jabs - stay at home or be prosecuted.
AJB Temple wrote:I've never been fully convinced by Bonhoeffer's theory of stupidity. Whilst the premise that stupidity is a societal factor seems appealing and explains why people follow powerful leaders seemingly without questioning their ideology, it seems illogical to me not also to consider the impact of intellect. Whilst it is true that clever people can behave stupidly, is it not also the case that people of low intellect are more likely to be easily led and less able to grasp unappealing concepts, such as injecting oneself with a disease in order to provide some immunity from that disease?
If we accept the general view that intellect is distributed through the population in a more or less symmetrical bell curve, and that 100 is the average measurable intellect, then half of the population will be below average. Near 70% of people fall within 15 points either side. Only 2% are above the 130 point. Whilst the majority of a population grouping might follow an established leadership (medical authorities or the government say) and thus accept vaccination either for intellectual reasons or because they are simply followers, inevitably some people will be attracted to leaders who for whatever reason espouse a different view. Empirical evidence will not overcome this if personal experience (however minor in the overall picture) or desire to believe / follow overcomes this.
One person's rational is another person's irrational.
Lurker wrote:In the past if you had strong irrational beliefs you joined the clergy, rose to a position of power and then burned anyone who didn’t share your opinions.
Even if others shared your beliefs, if they didn’t celebrate them in the same way as you , you either killed them or started a war with them.
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