ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 1 month agoCathy, do the math.slrpnk.netexternal-linkmessage-square291fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: antiwork@lemmy.worldantiwork@lemmy.mlselfawarewolves@lemmy.worldselfawarewolves@lemmy.ml
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkCathy, do the math.slrpnk.netByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square291fedilinkcross-posted to: antiwork@lemmy.worldantiwork@lemmy.mlselfawarewolves@lemmy.worldselfawarewolves@lemmy.ml
minus-squarepyre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month 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-squareBrave Little Hitachi Wand@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month 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-up0·1 month 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-up0·1 month agoGlobal warming is a hoax, it’s cold in my basement today!
minus-squareSaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month ago“conservative understanding” Sounds like all conservatives are idiots or rather idiots are the ones who are politically conservative.
minus-squareJerkface (any/all)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 month 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-squareSylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoBecause I have an anecdote, and interpret it in the stupidest way possible, as exhibited in the OP
“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.
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!
“conservative understanding”
Sounds like all conservatives are idiots or rather idiots are the ones who are politically conservative.
I can continue to eat things that kill me because I take statins that reduce my chance of heart attack by a couple percent.
Because I have an anecdote, and interpret it in the stupidest way possible, as exhibited in the OP