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Conway Judge's avatar

What was that book called...

Thinking fast and slow

Unfortunately, most don't want to think slow anymore

Instead they're mesmerized by symbols, simplicity, brands and bright colours.

Sales pitches and marketing.

Feminist. Pink hair. Younger. Hip. She's on TV.

She must be right they think.

Woo

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W Jeremy Clulow's avatar

I was in NZ March - July 2020, and remember rebuking myself after seeing this lady on television speaking on behalf of the government about Covid. “She might not look like a serious scientist“ I said to myself, “but things are different over here, so I will judge her by results”.

Well, I did, and the results were terrible. So my first heavily prejudiced reaction was the correct one. For scientists, it is all about the data and revealing things which are true. For social justice activists it is all about themselves, “their truth” and getting things politically and socially aligned with their contemporaries.

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