[ExI] that's harsh

[spike at rainier66.com]

From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of Dan TheBookMan via extropy-chat
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Also, there's the romantic notion that most people really want to know -- especially to know things that might conflict with their worldview or their view of themselves. Now that doesn't seem to be the case at all. Add that to limits of attention and I think you get what you see: people filtering out 'noise' and attending mainly to stuff that reinforces their worldview. And cat videos. :)

 

Regards,

 

Dan

 

 

Ja.  The two things that are absorbing a lot of my attention these days are on opposite sides of that observation:

>… that most people really want to know -- especially to know things that might conflict with their worldview or their view…

 

The LIGO results not only conflict with my long-held worldview, they conflict with my universe-view.

 

The covid data is difficult to interpret.  I do not understand why those results are still all over the map.  In a sense I suppose that conflicts with my world view as well: I just expect a bit more consistency, at least in the death statistics.  Those too are scattered all over the place from one state to the next.

 

spike

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