Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts

[TommyLucchese]

@DMK

Yes.,

Oppositional Defiant Disorder is only supposed to exist in children.

[WuWei]

@Supreme_War_Pig

“malignant invidualism”

No points - spelling. But love the idea.

[WuWei]

Resist!

[tnt]

I’ve never seen such a big bunch of whiners in all my life. Thank god we don’t have a world war to win…jeez…

Bunch of buttercups.

[Supreme_War_Pig]

@DMK

@Supreme_War_Pig

Those of us who accept medical advice, science, and the notion of the public good are sheep

Yes.,

So to be a non sheep you have to reject science, medical advice, and the common good. Got it.

I wonder if you were to use an animal to describe yourself, what is that animal? I am a sheep, you are a …?

[Supreme_War_Pig]

@WuWei

@Supreme_War_Pig

“malignant invidualism”

No points - spelling. But love the idea.

Argh! I hate posting from my phone.

Anyway thanks, I corrected it

[WuWei]

@tnt

I’ve never seen such a big bunch of whiners in all my life. Thank god we don’t have a world war to win…jeez…

Bunch of buttercups.

I agree! Why can’t everybody just put on their feedbags and chew their cud!

[PurpnGold]

@DMK

Some of us don’t want to be sheep.

Omg

[Supreme_War_Pig]

@JayJay

@DMK

@Supreme_War_Pig

Those of us who accept medical advice, science, and the notion of the public good are sheep

Yes.,

That explains a lot…

Yeah. I don’t know that I have seen such an explicit and blanket repudiation before though.

I mean science = sheep. That’s quite a bold statement right there,

[Tom_Ch]

@zantax

@Sknyluv

Get vaccinated. Wear masks inside crowded spaces.

That’s it. That’s the list.

Bad advice. Should read, get vaccinated if you are at risk, avoid crowded spaces if at all possible and wear a mask if it isn’t.

read what? facebook? twitter? QAnon writings?
People are reading from all sources and only listen to the sources they chose.

[Guvnah]

@Jezcoe

A newspaper editor is an “expert”?

Just as much as agendized “fact checkers”. Or Joe Biden.

See, that’s the point the OP is raising. Today we’re politicizing “expertise” and “science” (as opposed to SCIENCE). In the current arena of debate, “science” gets limited to the set of studies that supports one’s agenda. So yes, a newspaper editor and/or a youtube “influencer” and/or a Swedish kid gets elevated to “expert”.

[Guvnah]

@Sknyluv

@Bill.in.PA

I have no problems with either if you choose to do so.

Then why all the faux drama and push back?

He has no problem if YOU CHOOSE to do so.

The pushback is against government taking away that choice from everyone.

I have every confidence that you actually know the difference.

[WuWei]

@tzu

Plainly, bluntly, frankly: yes, conservatives are the problem. Solipsistic, conspiracy-prone, grievance-addicted ingrates who torch society whenever they cannot rule it like fantasy overlords, who adore cheaters while screeching platitudes from fairy tales, and who dwell in an epistemic wasteland of victimhood and mortal adversaries who must be destroyed.

@Supreme_War_Pig

Yeah. I don’t know that I have seen such an explicit and blanket repudiation before though.

I mean science = sheep. That’s quite a bold statement right there,

Look up. You cheered it.

[Sknyluv]

@Guvnah

@Sknyluv

@Bill.in.PA

I have no problems with either if you choose to do so.

Then why all the faux drama and push back?

He has no problem if YOU CHOOSE to do so.

The pushback is against government taking away that choice from everyone.

I have every confidence that you actually know the difference.

People’s decision not to get vaccinated is what is keeping this pandemic alive in America.

[Jezcoe]

@Guvnah

@Jezcoe

A newspaper editor is an “expert”?

Just as much as agendized “fact checkers”. Or Joe Biden.

See, that’s the point the OP is raising. Today we’re politicizing “expertise” and “science” (as opposed to SCIENCE). In the current arena of debate, “science” gets limited to the set of studies that supports one’s agenda. So yes, a newspaper editor and/or a youtube “influencer” and/or a Swedish kid gets elevated to “expert”.

Well the last thing is stupid and shouldn’t happen.

But also, we have seen an erosion in the concept of the consensus opinion.

It isn’t a new thing, and I see it happening with Covid.

[tnt]

@Guvnah

He has no problem if YOU CHOOSE to do so.

The pushback is against government taking away that choice from everyone.

I have every confidence that you actually know the difference.

This is all well and good re: things that only affect the individual, but the issue here is, someone’s mask decisions affect the people around him/her as well.

It’s like smoking - of course it’s an individuals decision to smoke or not smoke and they will bear the consequences of either decision. But smoking in public affects those around you possibly in a negative way, so therefore, it is not up tot he individual as to wether they can light up in a bar or movie theatre.

[Guvnah]

@Borgia_dude

Yes, but you mentioned the vaccine had significant side effects.

People have died. That’s seems significant enough for me. How about you?

Bill’s statement didn’t say how widespread those significant side effects are. He just said that they exist. Suggesting he said something more is just putting words into his mouth.

[WuWei]

@Sknyluv

People’s decision not to get vaccinated is what is keeping this pandemic alive in America.

Where have I heard that before?

[Supreme_War_Pig]

@WuWei

@tzu

Plainly, bluntly, frankly: yes, conservatives are the problem. Solipsistic, conspiracy-prone, grievance-addicted ingrates who torch society whenever they cannot rule it like fantasy overlords, who adore cheaters while screeching platitudes from fairy tales, and who dwell in an epistemic wasteland of victimhood and mortal adversaries who must be destroyed.

@Supreme_War_Pig

Yeah. I don’t know that I have seen such an explicit and blanket repudiation before though.

I mean science = sheep. That’s quite a bold statement right there,

Look up. You cheered it.

I cheered what?

[WuWei]

@Jezcoe

But also, we have seen an erosion in the concept of the consensus opinion.

Hear! Hear!