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.
Comment on Cathy, do the math.
pyre@lemmy.world 5 weeks 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.
Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
Because I have an anecdote, and interpret it in the stupidest way possible, as exhibited in the OP
madcaesar@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Global warming is a hoax, it’s cold in my basement today!
jerkface@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
I can continue to eat things that kill me because I take stents that reduce my chance of heart attack by a couple percent
SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 5 weeks ago
“conservative understanding”
Sounds like all conservatives are idiots or rather idiots are the ones who are politically conservative.pyre@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
it’s both. conservatism is both appealing to stupid people and it compounds stupidity.
Hadriscus@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
😂