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Re:How the pandemic is changing the norms of science by cblconfederate on Monday September 13, 2021 @07:54AM (#28510337)
people dont have the time and energy to follow nuanced arguments, they choose one of the two low energy binary options and stick with it. That's why politics and sports works
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Re:How the pandemic is changing the norms of science by nickthemagicman on Monday September 13, 2021 @11:16AM (#28512542)
Sports is incredibly complicated with all the statistics. Politics is incredibly complicated as well.

People are only given binary options.

People think well for themselves when given the information.

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Re:How the pandemic is changing the norms of science by cblconfederate on Monday September 13, 2021 @01:08PM (#28513929)
yet you rarely see a stadium with spectators ambivalent about which team to support
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Re:How the pandemic is changing the norms of science by nickthemagicman on Monday September 13, 2021 @09:22PM (#28519062)
Such a strange example.

This kind of thinking, that the average person is a moron that shouldn't be allowed to think for themselves, is arrogant and ignorant in itself.

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