abstractapplic did their best in communicating fairly and honestly their epistemic state—considering the fact that Covid vaccination has become a highly politically charged topic they did a commendable thing by doing their utmost to be transparent about their motives and their uncertainty.
yes usually blindly following mainstream advice is better than following cranks and sometimes one can waste a lot of time debunking cranks—but I hope you’ll agree that mainstream advice is not always the best. I do agree about being aware of the danger infinite crank holes. At the end of the day it is abstractapplic’s choice to do so.
This topic has become unfortunately very political—we need more, not less dispassionated analysis. True understanding, both personally & for society at large, comes from honest questioning and rigorous scholarship. There is no need to scold anybody for honestly asking questions.
That is the spirit of Less Wrong.
I personally learned a bunch of things from this post. I look forward to more knowledgable people chiming in.
abstractapplic did their best in communicating fairly and honestly their epistemic state—considering the fact that Covid vaccination has become a highly politically charged topic they did a commendable thing by doing their utmost to be transparent about their motives and their uncertainty.
yes usually blindly following mainstream advice is better than following cranks and sometimes one can waste a lot of time debunking cranks—but I hope you’ll agree that mainstream advice is not always the best. I do agree about being aware of the danger infinite crank holes. At the end of the day it is abstractapplic’s choice to do so.
This topic has become unfortunately very political—we need more, not less dispassionated analysis. True understanding, both personally & for society at large, comes from honest questioning and rigorous scholarship. There is no need to scold anybody for honestly asking questions.
That is the spirit of Less Wrong.
I personally learned a bunch of things from this post. I look forward to more knowledgable people chiming in.
Thank you for the reminder to explain and not scold—I shall strive to do so.
No. Thank you for exemplifying Rationalist virtue!