[lex24]

I don’t know Scott Atlas from Adam’’s off ox.  But I am struck by how perfectly this discussion fits into one of Jonathan Haidt’s “three great untruths”, this one being “Us vs Them (Life is a battle between good people and evil people”. ) It is not enough to disagree, we must prove our moral righteousness by always questioning the “other sides”  motives and “morality.”  Adams therefore is not just “wrong”. He’s a “tool”. Part of a plot to lead us to dictatorship.

I am struck how people so readily take a holier-than-thou attitude, never mentioning the actual evidence of how a person behaved and how badly he botched his predictions before painting other people as hysterical, unreasoned mobs.  If you don't know Scott Atlas at all, why are you even commenting on how others feel about him.  If you did see him hawking his perspective well before we even had decent data -- about how this was all an overreaction and continuing to say the same all through this pandemic, then maybe you should comment on that.  That's why he's a tool.  He's never changed his opinions, despite all evidence to the contrary, and that's why he was selected to be part of the task force despite his lack of expertise in either epidemiology or infectious diseases.

I used Adams as an example.  I wasn’t and am not commenting on his abilities or lack thereof.  I lack the qualifications to do so.  I fail, honestly, to see the “holier than thou” aspect you comment upon. But just so it’s clear, I don’t put myself in a category of one that does not  fall into the moral righteousness we all do.  I just try a little harder not to do that than I used to.  And I believe in the power of honest open debate. If we can actually have that one day it would be nice.  I don’t mean the board.  I mean the country. 

 Tool to me also means jerk.  I also was responding to the helping creating a  “dictatorship” bit. I did not put anyone in the category of “hysterical” or speak of “mobs”.

[lex24]

I don’t know Scott Atlas from Adam’’s off ox.  But I am struck by how perfectly this discussion fits into one of Jonathan Haidt’s “three great untruths”, this one being “Us vs Them (Life is a battle between good people and evil people”. ) It is not enough to disagree, we must prove our moral righteousness by always questioning the “other sides”  motives and “morality.”  Adams therefore is not just “wrong”. He’s a “tool”. Part of a plot to lead us to dictatorship.

I am struck how people so readily take a holier-than-thou attitude, never mentioning the actual evidence of how a person behaved and how badly he botched his predictions before painting other people as hysterical, unreasoned mobs.  If you don't know Scott Atlas at all, why are you even commenting on how others feel about him.  If you did see him hawking his perspective well before we even had decent data -- about how this was all an overreaction and continuing to say the same all through this pandemic, then maybe you should comment on that.  That's why he's a tool.  He's never changed his opinions, despite all evidence to the contrary, and that's why he was selected to be part of the task force despite his lack of expertise in either epidemiology or infectious diseases.

I used Adams as an example.  I wasn’t and am not commenting on his abilities or lack thereof.  I lack the qualifications to do so.  I fail, honestly, to see the “holier than thou” aspect you comment upon. But just so it’s clear, I don’t put myself in a category of one that does not  fall into the moral righteousness we all do.  I just try a little harder not to do that than I used to.  And I believe in the power of honest open debate. If we can actually have that one day it would be nice.  I don’t mean the board.  I mean the country. 

 Tool to me also means jerk.  I also was responding to the helping creating a  “dictatorship” bit. I did not put anyone in the category of “hysterical” or speak of “mobs”.