ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 2 days agoCathy, do the math.slrpnk.netimagemessage-square280fedilinkarrow-up11.82Karrow-down110cross-posted to: selfawarewolves@lemmy.ml
arrow-up11.81Karrow-down1imageCathy, do the math.slrpnk.netByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square280fedilinkcross-posted to: selfawarewolves@lemmy.ml
minus-squarepyre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up112·2 days ago“your statistic is false because I have an anecdote” is literally the entire basis of the conservative understanding of science. union workers don’t make more on average because I earn half a dollar more. global warming isn’t happening because I brought a snowball. vaccines cause death because my friend walked out of a clinic after a shot and got hit by a self driving tesla.
minus-squareJerkface (any/all)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 hour agoI can continue to eat things that kill me because I take statins that reduce my chance of heart attack by a couple percent.
minus-squareBrave Little Hitachi Wand@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 day agoIt really is a kind of solipsism, emotional immaturity as a self-justifying worldview. Problems don’t exist until they impact me personally, repeat and nauseam.
minus-squareHadriscus@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down1·2 days ago vaccines cause death because my friend walked out of a clinic after a shot and got hit by a self driving tesla. 😂
minus-squaremadcaesar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agoGlobal warming is a hoax, it’s cold in my basement today!
minus-squareSylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoBecause I have an anecdote, and interpret it in the stupidest way possible, as exhibited in the OP
minus-squareSaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·23 hours ago“conservative understanding” Sounds like all conservatives are idiots or rather idiots are the ones who are politically conservative.
minus-squarepyre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·18 hours agoit’s both. conservatism is both appealing to stupid people and it compounds stupidity.
“your statistic is false because I have an anecdote” is literally the entire basis of the conservative understanding of science.
union workers don’t make more on average because I earn half a dollar more.
global warming isn’t happening because I brought a snowball.
vaccines cause death because my friend walked out of a clinic after a shot and got hit by a self driving tesla.
I can continue to eat things that kill me because I take statins that reduce my chance of heart attack by a couple percent.
It really is a kind of solipsism, emotional immaturity as a self-justifying worldview. Problems don’t exist until they impact me personally, repeat and nauseam.
😂
Global warming is a hoax, it’s cold in my basement today!
Because I have an anecdote, and interpret it in the stupidest way possible, as exhibited in the OP
“conservative understanding”
Sounds like all conservatives are idiots or rather idiots are the ones who are politically conservative.
it’s both. conservatism is both appealing to stupid people and it compounds stupidity.