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[โ€“] pyre@lemmy.world 109 points 23 hours ago (5 children)

"your statistic is false because I have an anecdote" is literally the entire basis of the conservative understanding of science.

union workers don't make more on average because I earn half a dollar more.

global warming isn't happening because I brought a snowball.

vaccines cause death because my friend walked out of a clinic after a shot and got hit by a self driving tesla.

[โ€“] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 22 points 21 hours ago

vaccines cause death because my friend walked out of a clinic after a shot and got hit by a self driving tesla.

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It really is a kind of solipsism, emotional immaturity as a self-justifying worldview. Problems don't exist until they impact me personally, repeat and nauseam.

[โ€“] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 12 hours ago

Because I have an anecdote, and interpret it in the stupidest way possible, as exhibited in the OP

[โ€“] madcaesar@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

Global warming is a hoax, it's cold in my basement today!

[โ€“] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

"conservative understanding"
Sounds like all conservatives are idiots or rather idiots are the ones who are politically conservative.

[โ€“] pyre@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

it's both. conservatism is both appealing to stupid people and it compounds stupidity.