Posted on 03/03/2020 7:20:23 PM PST by DouglasKC
Oh, I’m sorry. I broke the rules and actually read the article.
“Although movies show crowds screaming and panicking, most people move dazedly through normal activities in a crisis. This can be a good thing; researchers find that people who are in this state are docile and can be directed without chaos. They even tend to quiet and calm the 10-15% of people who freak out.
The downside of the bias is the fact that they tend to retard the progress of the 10-15% of people who act appropriately.”
“The actions of every government of the world show that they do not consider this a “mild contagion”. They are combating it as if it’s a threat to their country.”
How do we know that, given the extreme dishonesty of the so-called news media?
I have the sense that I’m being gaslighted, but I don’t know which side is doing it.
LOL, normalcy bias in a thread about normalcy bias. how strange and interesting people are.
“So, carry on as normal then?”
Been stocking up on beans and bandages. Water.
Interesting. I’m one whose brain automatically sees potential hazards or negative consequences ahead and do what I can to prevent them if possible. Quick example is seeing an appliance cord sprawled out on the floor (my daughter will do this) as a trip hazard and I’ll move it up against the wall or wrap it up if she’s done with it. Put up those sticky wedges on furniture corners so the kids are safer running around etc. Thinking through scenarios ahead of time can prevent problems, and why wouldn’t anyone wish to do so?
“LOL, normalcy bias in a thread about normalcy bias. how strange and interesting people are.”
I picked up the same on post just above yours...people with normalcy bias use whatever tool is available to try to maintain their normalcy - and if it’s to say that the media lies when they see something that breaks their normalcy construct, then they go with that. Whereas people without that ‘issue’ would be looking at just what we’re supposed to believe the media is lying about.
For example, if the New York Times claims that the Miami Dolphins just won the Super Bowl, when everyone knew Dallas was going to win (due to them being a much better team) - to people with normalcy bias, they would say “Since the New York Times always lies, that means the Super Bowl must have been won by Dallas”. That’s the degree of irrationally that’s needed by people to maintain their normalcy bias.
May I introduce you to the 1976 Swine Flu panic?
Love how people forget the past, and assume everything is unprecedented.
How about another important bias? Recency bias.
“May I introduce you to the 1976 Swine Flu panic?”
How many cities were locked-down due to that? I see a different reaction than 1976, where it now appears that drug companies led the charge back then.
It’s time to switch to a wartime footing, and this bug is the unseen enemy.
Yes. Panic every time the media and “experts” tell the herd to do so, is definitely better than rational evaluation of data and scale, along with the wisdom of experience. Must be a scary place of quivering fear in your world.
We are exercising increased caution but I’m not overly concerned.
Btt
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