There is one thing that constantly comes as a surprise to me. People tend to gravitate to sites, groups, etc. that align with their own ideas and thinking, that's natural, and I am not an exception. But whenever I wonder off that circle and stumble upon a vaccine-related discussion, things are very different. A local parent group on f…
There is one thing that constantly comes as a surprise to me. People tend to gravitate to sites, groups, etc. that align with their own ideas and thinking, that's natural, and I am not an exception. But whenever I wonder off that circle and stumble upon a vaccine-related discussion, things are very different. A local parent group on facebook turns into a bunch of angry wasps whenever anyone says anything negative about the vaccines. Same goes for ycombinator news, which should be (in theory) full of fairly intelligent people. Every covid discussion there turns into a disaster. I read through a few but now avoid those on purpose. Americans are very used to trusting the government.
There is one thing that constantly comes as a surprise to me. People tend to gravitate to sites, groups, etc. that align with their own ideas and thinking, that's natural, and I am not an exception. But whenever I wonder off that circle and stumble upon a vaccine-related discussion, things are very different. A local parent group on facebook turns into a bunch of angry wasps whenever anyone says anything negative about the vaccines. Same goes for ycombinator news, which should be (in theory) full of fairly intelligent people. Every covid discussion there turns into a disaster. I read through a few but now avoid those on purpose. Americans are very used to trusting the government.
Yes, a lot of them get very emotional and reject all evidence and get angry.
Part of it is buyers remorse I am sure. I already heard that from a few friends - "if I had to decide this again..."