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Re:Evaluating necessity of Covid-19 vaccination in previousl... by rajin444 on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @07:27PM (#27454726)
> some expert who for some reason is giving medical advice which is incompatible with the scientific consensus

Does that really boggle your mind? We're all human. I don't think there's a relationship between being an expert and being honest.

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Re:Evaluating necessity of Covid-19 vaccination in previousl... by epgui on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @07:38PM (#27454853)
I know there's always going to be PhDs who believe the earth is flat, because humans are like that... But it's just so hard to relate to super intelligent people believing crazy things. It really does boggle my mind!
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Re:Evaluating necessity of Covid-19 vaccination in previousl... by unanswered on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @07:57PM (#27455006)
You understand that people may not always say the same thing they believe to be true, right? People lie.
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Re:Evaluating necessity of Covid-19 vaccination in previousl... by epgui on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @08:51PM (#27455431)
Of course I realize this, but unless you're suggesting that most PhDs lie most of the time, I'm not sure how this is relevant.

Just a reminder that these are actually good heuristics to live by, in life in general:

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_the_assumptio...

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