03-27-2020, 05:27 AM
Here's a great thread by Carl Bergstrom from UW that touches upon some of the amped up positions being taken by both sides (for lack of a better term) of this pandemic.
https://twitter.com/CT_Bergstrom/status/...1756669953
"[W]e are also fighting on a second front that we did not anticipate, fighting a battle against misinformation and disinformation in a hyper-partisan environment where our predictions and recommendations about the pandemic response are deeply politicized."
"Every twist and turn that the pandemic takes is seized upon by one side or other to claim that some fraction of us are incompetent if not outright mendacious."
"Researchers are pilloried for updating their beliefs based on new information."
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"I'm sure that 99% of these [attacks] are motivated by what we call tribal epistemology, the idea that truth is determined not so much by the facts as by the way that a claim aligns with the story that a preferred leader is telling."
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"And so the fight against misinformation is not merely a scientific communication issue. It's a vital public health necessity."
https://twitter.com/CT_Bergstrom/status/...1756669953
"[W]e are also fighting on a second front that we did not anticipate, fighting a battle against misinformation and disinformation in a hyper-partisan environment where our predictions and recommendations about the pandemic response are deeply politicized."
"Every twist and turn that the pandemic takes is seized upon by one side or other to claim that some fraction of us are incompetent if not outright mendacious."
"Researchers are pilloried for updating their beliefs based on new information."
...
"I'm sure that 99% of these [attacks] are motivated by what we call tribal epistemology, the idea that truth is determined not so much by the facts as by the way that a claim aligns with the story that a preferred leader is telling."
...
"And so the fight against misinformation is not merely a scientific communication issue. It's a vital public health necessity."