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Originally Posted by Boomer
I have been trying to figure out whatinthehellisthematter with people. As I have said before, the psychology of those who insist on digging in their heels by clinging to what they think is “research” would be fascinating — if the rest of us did not have to be trapped with them.
Recent, real-life, in-person reporting of hospitals having to postpone heart surgeries because of Covid patients (mostly unvaccinated) taking up beds and staff is damned scary.
The medical community is calling deaths from postponing needed surgeries “collateral deaths.” That term surely should get the attention of those who need to just get the vaccine — but it does not.
I saw the psychology term “cognitive dissonance” in an article on npr.org this morning. Maybe that explains the attitudes that I was beginning to see as bsc. I will have to read up on cognitive dissonance — you know — do my research. . .
Research — which I actually know how to do — and have taught others.
But geez, in those days, I never had to face down the Facebook snake pit. All I had to do back then was to teach them that Wikipedia is not a legit source BUT you can back-source it and then back-source the back-sources.
Boomer
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Yup, I use wikipedia as a "first source" when I'm looking up a term, or phrase, or illness, or person. And then I back-source it by diving into the rabbit hole of footnotes, until I have enough information that I could write a 2-4-page summary report for a typical college course on the subject. WITH footnotes.