I have known a ton of people like this. The hardest part of dealing with it is that sometimes they are right. It’s typically a case where they came to the correct conclusion but arrived there by faulty logic and/or false information.
All they will ever recognize is that the were right, doesn’t matter why or how. They never actually learned any lesson, they’ll ignore the myriad other cases where they were absolutely wrong, while they continue to use the same baseless methodology to form future opinions and conclusions.
They expect science to be 100 percent full proof. Because they don’t understand how science works. It’s a big proportion that agrees or disagrees with the process.
Can I find some doctors that say the vaccine is crap? Sure. Anyone can. But how many compared to those that say that the vaccine is good. And then you lose them in all that certainty.
They want the comfort because they lack the ability to use critical thinking. They do not realize that certainty is a luxury that very few things are awarded in life.
They also generally come from a place of justified distrust of modern day mass (and sometimes even specialized) media, which makes it harder to reason with them.
Much of the problem is the false assumption that their dumb internet forums and influencers aren’t being manipulative as well, by different and more ruthless actors… Yeah, dude, the government does shady stuff and manipulates people and narratives, but Andrew Tate telling you to cheat on your wife while exposing your kids to polio isn’t better is it?
I have known a ton of people like this. The hardest part of dealing with it is that sometimes they are right. It’s typically a case where they came to the correct conclusion but arrived there by faulty logic and/or false information.
All they will ever recognize is that the were right, doesn’t matter why or how. They never actually learned any lesson, they’ll ignore the myriad other cases where they were absolutely wrong, while they continue to use the same baseless methodology to form future opinions and conclusions.
They expect science to be 100 percent full proof. Because they don’t understand how science works. It’s a big proportion that agrees or disagrees with the process.
Can I find some doctors that say the vaccine is crap? Sure. Anyone can. But how many compared to those that say that the vaccine is good. And then you lose them in all that certainty.
They want the comfort because they lack the ability to use critical thinking. They do not realize that certainty is a luxury that very few things are awarded in life.
That’s because they’re looking for confirmation, not truth.
It’s not so much that they’re dumb (even if they are), it’s that they’re stubborn and unwilling to change their mind.
They also generally come from a place of justified distrust of modern day mass (and sometimes even specialized) media, which makes it harder to reason with them.
Much of the problem is the false assumption that their dumb internet forums and influencers aren’t being manipulative as well, by different and more ruthless actors… Yeah, dude, the government does shady stuff and manipulates people and narratives, but Andrew Tate telling you to cheat on your wife while exposing your kids to polio isn’t better is it?
It’s like a whole new tier of stupid.
You’ve figured out people with good will and that are trying to do it correctly? Yeah well…
Now, you’ve leveled up and have to deal with actual bozos and people with fried brains