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Originally posted by agstar77 View PostThe point is to highlight the absurdity of the fear of technology that can save lives.
I’m not going to go just take chemo or radiation because it saves some people. It also kills others and I have no reason to take it.
If there’s no reason to take something, then why should we.
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Originally posted by Blaithin View PostJust because it can save some lives doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be feared.
I’m not going to go just take chemo or radiation because it saves some people. It also kills others and I have no reason to take it.
If there’s no reason to take something, then why should we.
We are paranoid about plane crashes or terrorist attacks or gun violence, but we get in our car everyday without thinking twice. Statistically, we have that completely backwards.
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I believe you have highlighted the main problem. That is fear. Our society is generating more fear than ever before. Social media and some media outlets like Fox, generate fear to gain attention. Fear of minorities , fear of crime ,fear of a new world order and fear of medical treatments. This is a powerful emotion used throughout history to control the masses. Some fear is useful but irrational fear can be a deadly weapon.
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Originally posted by agstar77 View PostI believe you have highlighted the main problem. That is fear. Our society is generating more fear than ever before. Social media and some media outlets like Fox, generate fear to gain attention. Fear of minorities , fear of crime ,fear of a new world order and fear of medical treatments. This is a powerful emotion used throughout history to control the masses. Some fear is useful but irrational fear can be a deadly weapon.
And judging by the success of such fear campaigns, most of us are incapable of rationalizing the relative risks to our own lives.
Take covid as a perfect example. The risk of death or serious outcomes to an otherwise healthy young person was inconsequentially small. That didn't stop them from lining up for vaccines, and cheering on shutting down society. Meanwhile, how many of those cheerleaders did anything to reduce their real and preventable risks facing all of us? How many of them continued to smoke and drink and eat unhealthy and be overweight and not exercise etc.
If we were capable of assessing risk, would have skipped the vaccine and done all of the above instead.Last edited by AlbertaFarmer5; Apr 21, 2023, 12:26.
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Originally posted by Blaithin View PostI don’t know what that is but I’ll take your word for it that I am.
Isn't it strange how they seem to know all about these things, while projecting their knowledge of them onto the rest of us?
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