Don't Put Too Much Faith in the Experts

PoS · Jul 16, 2020

Don’t Put Too Much Faith in the Experts – Reason.com

Between 2 million and 3 million Americans will die!That was the prediction from "experts" at London's Imperial College when COVID-19 began. They did also say if there was "social distancing of the whole population," the death toll could be cut in half, but 1.1 million to 1.46 million Americans would still die by this summer.
Our actual death toll has been about one-tenth of that.
Nevertheless, Imperial College's model was extremely influential.
Politicians issued stay-at-home orders. They said we must trust the "experts."
"Follow the science. Listen to the experts. Do what they tell you," said Joe Biden, laughing at what he considered an obvious truth.

If he and other politicians had just done just a little research, then they would have known that Imperial College researchers repeatedly predict great disasters that don't happen. Their model predicted 65,000 deaths from swine flu, 136,000 from mad cow disease, and 200 million from bird flu.The real numbers were in the hundreds.
After such predictions were repeatedly wrong, why did politicians boss us around based on those same "experts" models?

An excellent article and video that shows just how wrong the experts were.

And Im gonna call it in advance, when the authoritarian idiots start to reply in this thread to defend these quacks, it'll be one of three things:

"But, but, but, Trump!"

Or:

"You didnt read the study! I did! I'm an armchair scientist and I say those experts were misunderstood! Bla bla bla!"

Or:

Some other ad hom, to try and deflect the failure of the quacks away.

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HumblePi · Jul 16, 2020

PoS said:
Don’t Put Too Much Faith in the Experts – Reason.com

An excellent article and video that shows just how wrong the experts were.

And Im gonna call it in advance, when the authoritarian idiots start to reply in this thread to defend these quacks, it'll be one of three things:

"But, but, but, Trump!"

Or:

"You didnt read the study! I did! I'm an armchair scientist and I say those experts were misunderstood! Bla bla bla!"

Or:

Some other ad hom, to try and deflect the failure of the quacks away.

Begin. opcorn2:

The problem with being 'scientifically' accurate is that it was impossible in the beginning. There was very little known about this virus. They know much more now but the learning curve is still challenging since Covid-19 mutates. The newest mutation is 10 times more infectious, and much more devastating. The new Covid has 'S' shaped spikes that latch onto cells in the body.

This is what the newest COVID-19 looks like. As you can see, it has dramatically changed since the last images we've seen.

The novel coronavirus uses its spike protein (dark blue) to infiltrate host cells, whose machinery it uses to replicate its RNA (yellow).

Rexedgar · Jul 16, 2020

I watched a little of the video. It’s my opinion that there is an attitude that the “fourth quarter” is winding down and all that need to be done is run out the clock. Short-sighted to me.:shrug:

dex4974 · Jul 16, 2020

Who do we believe if not the people that know more than anybody else?

Ikari · Jul 16, 2020

HumblePi said:
The problem with being 'scientifically' accurate is that it was impossible in the beginning. There was very little known about this virus. They know much more now but the learning curve is still challenging since Covid-19 mutates. The newest mutation is 10 times more infectious, and much more devastating. The new Covid has 'S' shaped spikes that latch onto cells in the body.

This is what the newest COVID-19 looks like. As you can see, it has dramatically changed since the last images we've seen.

The novel coronavirus uses its spike protein (dark blue) to infiltrate host cells, whose machinery it uses to replicate its RNA (yellow).

It's neigh impossible to explain how science works to the anti-science folk.

Guyzilla · Jul 16, 2020

HumblePi said:
The problem with being 'scientifically' accurate is that it was impossible in the beginning. There was very little known about this virus. They know much more now but the learning curve is still challenging since Covid-19 mutates. The newest mutation is 10 times more infectious, and much more devastating. The new Covid has 'S' shaped spikes that latch onto cells in the body.

This is what the newest COVID-19 looks like. As you can see, it has dramatically changed since the last images we've seen.

The novel coronavirus uses its spike protein (dark blue) to infiltrate host cells, whose machinery it uses to replicate its RNA (yellow).

The scary thing about Trump supporters is not their lack of faith in experts, but their abundance of faith in themselves.

Paradoxical · Jul 16, 2020

PoS said:
Don’t Put Too Much Faith in the Experts – Reason.com

An excellent article and video that shows just how wrong the experts were.

And Im gonna call it in advance, when the authoritarian idiots start to reply in this thread to defend these quacks, it'll be one of three things:

"But, but, but, Trump!"

Or:

"You didnt read the study! I did! I'm an armchair scientist and I say those experts were misunderstood! Bla bla bla!"

Or:

Some other ad hom, to try and deflect the failure of the quacks away.

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Would these be the same "experts" that the left constantly tout?

HumblePi · Jul 16, 2020

Ikari said:
It's neigh impossible to explain how science works to the anti-science folk.

It's unfortunate, but what I fear has to happen before people stop making this political, including Trump of course, is for this pandemic to reach a point when it can no longer be twisted into a political football. At that point, it's going to be a devastatingly tragic circumstance. People are going to be forced to listen to what science is telling us and to follow their guidelines and not politically divided parties.

Paradoxical · Jul 16, 2020

Rexedgar said:
I watched a little of the video. It’s my opinion that there is an attitude that the “fourth quarter” is winding down and all that need to be done is run out the clock. Short-sighted to me.:shrug:

The sky is falling.

CaughtInThe · Jul 16, 2020

Guyzilla said:
The scary thing about Trump supporters is not their lack of faith in experts, but their abundance of faith in themselves.

hey, i believe the OP over any of them so called scientists.

dex4974 · Jul 16, 2020

Paradoxical said:
Would these be the same "experts" that the left constantly tout?

Are you talking about the evil climate scientists that are running a racket that averages them a whopping 75k a year?

vegas giants · Jul 16, 2020

Paradoxical said:
Would these be the same "experts" that the left constantly tout?

When you have a brain tumor.....dont put much faith in the experts. Lol

Paradoxical · Jul 16, 2020

Ikari said:
It's neigh impossible to explain how science works to the anti-science folk.

We must believe our scientists. If we don't, we must go to the rehabilitation camps where not everyone comes back from.

HennyBogan · Jul 16, 2020

HumblePi said:
The problem with being 'scientifically' accurate is that it was impossible in the beginning. There was very little known about this virus. They know much more now but the learning curve is still challenging since Covid-19 mutates. The newest mutation is 10 times more infectious, and much more devastating. The new Covid has 'S' shaped spikes that latch onto cells in the body.

This is what the newest COVID-19 looks like. As you can see, it has dramatically changed since the last images we've seen.

The novel coronavirus uses its spike protein (dark blue) to infiltrate host cells, whose machinery it uses to replicate its RNA (yellow).

If it is was that much more devastating then the death rate would climb ( in %) significantly ... it hasn’t.. in fact it has dropped significantly in “known” cases.

BlueTex · Jul 16, 2020

Ikari said:
It's neigh impossible to explain how science works to the anti-science folk.

Snicker, snicker... John Stossel.... lol.... he was pretty entertaining on 20/20 but went downhill when he went to Fox...

Paradoxical · Jul 16, 2020

vegas giants said:
When you have a brain tumor.....dont put much faith in the experts. Lol

None of the left wing posters here would ever have a brain tumor. You can't get one if you don't have a brain.

dex4974 · Jul 16, 2020

vegas giants said:
When you have a brain tumor.....dont put much faith in the experts. Lol

Who needs a lawyer in a high stakes legal battle? I got this covered; don't put too much faith in experts.

HumblePi · Jul 16, 2020

Guyzilla said:
The scary thing about Trump supporters is not their lack of faith in experts, but their abundance of faith in themselves.

Like these 'Karens' who drove 30 hours to the Wynn casino in Las Vegas.

I had to laugh because this woman claimed "it is against HIPAA regulations". I'm a nurse and I know what HIPAA is and they are regulations put into place that safeguard a patient's right to privacy. Their medical records, their identity, their personal health history. That's what HIPAA is. It has nothing at all to do with rights about wearing a mask.

Ikari · Jul 16, 2020

Paradoxical said:
We must believe our scientists. If we don't, we must go to the rehabilitation camps where not everyone comes back from.

There's no re-education camps for the science illiterate, it does no good. We all know that education didn't take hold the first time.

lol

Paradoxical · Jul 16, 2020

BlueTex said:
Snicker, snicker... John Stossel.... lol.... he was pretty entertaining on 20/20 but went downhill when he went to Fox...

Believe only those on CNN and MSNBC, especially Fredo and Lemon.

BlueTex · Jul 16, 2020

dex4974 said:
Are you talking about the evil climate scientists that are running a racket that averages them a whopping 75k a year?

I run into climate scientists all the time at the yacht club... sipping their martinis and tweeting out more research before casting off..

bluesmoke · Jul 16, 2020

PoS said:
Don’t Put Too Much Faith in the Experts – Reason.com

An excellent article and video that shows just how wrong the experts were.

And Im gonna call it in advance, when the authoritarian idiots start to reply in this thread to defend these quacks, it'll be one of three things:

"But, but, but, Trump!"

Or:

"You didnt read the study! I did! I'm an armchair scientist and I say those experts were misunderstood! Bla bla bla!"

Or:

Some other ad hom, to try and deflect the failure of the quacks away.

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You don't put faith in science, according to scientist. Putting that aside, who do you trust more than scientific/medical/health "experts"? How much of 100 distributed among all you might listen to do you put in the "experts"?

dex4974 · Jul 16, 2020

BlueTex said:
I run into climate scientists all the time at the yacht club... sipping their martinis and tweeting out more research before casting off..

Don't forget all of those private jets they own on teacher salary.

BlueTex · Jul 16, 2020

bluesmoke said:
You don't put faith in science, according to scientist. Putting that aside, who do you trust more than scientific/medical/health "experts"? How much of 100 distributed among all you might listen to do you put in the "experts"?

Well it's obvious, a second rate journalist to tell you the facts...

vegas giants · Jul 16, 2020

Paradoxical said:
None of the left wing posters here would ever have a brain tumor. You can't get one if you don't have a brain.

Conservatives are poopy heads. Lol

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