Attempts to scientifically “rationalize” policy may be damaging democracy

Re:Attempts to scientifically “rationalize” policy may be da... by naasking on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @08:21PM (#28701765)

There are a lot of weird claims in this post. Firstly, Fauci has publicly admitted to lying to the public on multiple occasions. I'm not sure why his credibility is unimpeachable simply because he's a bureaucrat in public health. Trusting him over a YouTuber "regardless of their credentials" seems like a significant overstatement of trustworthiness.

Secondly, Rogan has never said COVID was fake or just the flu, and the reason people assert that COVID is fake is down to motivated reasoning, which is the same reason Fauci thinks he was justified in lying to the public.

Getting people to change their behaviour starts by not dismissing them or dehumanizing them, and trying to steelman their position so they and you fully understand why they want to dismiss COVID. When that's done, it's often clear where you can compromise. Sadly, that's not what we see going on.

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Re:Attempts to scientifically “rationalize” policy may be da... by beerandt on Thursday September 30, 2021 @01:07AM (#28703390)

Also, Fauci's "great" career in public health started out by him getting just about everything wrong that he possibly could have with HIV/AIDS.

Including wanting to implement many of the same draconian policies we see today for communities where AIDS was discovered.

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