Comment on Celebrating anti-intellectualism is the biggest danger to humanity

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• SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Much like that can’t be bird shit on your shoulder since they’re not real, either. Must be some dude’s cum.

  Wait. Is that you, Monica?

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  • hansolo@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Hey, Monica has has it bad enough. Literally left the country to get therapy.

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• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Anti-intellectualism isn’t real. Same for misinformation.

  There’s a kernel of truth to this. People aren’t “anti-intellectual” in the broad sense, they’re biased to a certain worldview or partisan to an ideological lens. You can get liberals and conservatives to agree on quite a bit if you just channel the message through a trustworthy proxy.

  Vaccination is a great example of this in action. Big church groups that value being able to meet in public do a 180 on the jab when they see the impact a disease has on its congregation. Meanwhile, woo-woo liberals living in heavily insulated suburban communities can get very cavalier about vaccination when they hear an Oprah spokesperson claim it impacts their childrens’ academic performance.

  What we like to call “anti-intellectualism” is, at its heart, a trust issue. Which professionals do you consider credible? Which personal experiences inform your worldview? What do you value - personal safety? financial success? self-expression? religious dogma?

  If you’re living in a country that functionally eliminated measles 30 years ago, you can get pretty fair on herd immunity and never have to see your beliefs challenged. Then, when your bubble is breached by the outside world, all those things about Diseased Immigrants ruining your pocket paradise are reinforced by the same crop of reactionary news shows and fascist politicians who raised you.

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  • MotoAsh@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Nah. Anti-intellectualism is absolutely a thing.

    Why are people not trusting experts? Why are people not thinking through problems for themselves?

    It’s not because they do not trust certain people. It’s because they believe their ignorant opinion is just as valid as a researched conclusion.

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    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Why are people not trusting experts?

      People are trusting “experts”. That’s how they’re getting the information necessary to distrust other experts.

      Dr Oz has “Doctor” right in his name! If he goes on Oprah - the show that brings on a parade of ahem “experts” to explain the world to a population of shut-in housewives - and warns that vaccinations are why your kids aren’t Ivy League Material, people listen.

      It’s because they believe their ignorant opinion is just as valid as a researched conclusion.

      Their opinions don’t just emerge Ex Nihilo. And they aren’t breaking arbitrarily for or against certain topics. They’re polarized around a set of reactionary beliefs because they’re trained into it by reactionary media, reactionary politicians, and reactionary local institutions.

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• Carighan@piefed.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Just take enough ivermectin and you’re immune to misinformation! 💡

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