018 - KMO on COVID Scientism
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The Issue of Science Denialism
Warp Shell: I really, really worry about gullible people being manipulated by their so-called alternative media and believing all kinds of stuff which can be easily disproved with a rational mindset. The world is full of predatory meme complexes which are adapted by evolution to grab our attention and work their way into our belief structures. But we see it more easily when it's taking place in somebody else than we do when it happens in ourselves. So we tend to default to the notion that we've got it worked out. We understand what's happening and everybody else is an idiot. They're not. What's more, in my experience, the people who are attracted to conspiracy theories like the faked
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