3 weeks ago, I had a long argument with friend of mine, a chemical engineering grad who believes this 5g crap and at the same time believes Corona virus isn't real.
I wasn't worried cos he has barely noticeable drug-caused mental issues. And he's drawn to occult, UFO, 666 conspiracy groups on Facebook and telegram.
However, my old man who's more distrustful of rumors than I am is active on both WhatsApp and Facebook and is begining to believe this 5g nonsense as well - latching on to the intentionally misleading fact that viruses aren't "living things." I didn't bother arguing my stubborn old man and just asked him if ebola, HIV and SARS are man made as well. Then he retorted that Trump's accusing China of making the virus in a lab.
A Nigerian senator and a Nigerian pastor with his own TV channel and millions of 'sheep' worldwide both published videos a few days ago, spreading the 5g virus further and the dumb govt quickly released 5g distancing statements.
I hope whoever started the joke is happy with themselves.
And of course there's lowlife scum trying to make money from this, including literal tinfoil (fine, silverfoil) hats: http://lessemf.com/personal.html#221
Reminds me of the advance fee frauds that people fall for, or compulsive gambling.
Once people really believe that first conspiracy theory and then a few others, they get totally emotionally invested. After that they can't easily deny anything or the whole chain of belief would start to unravel.
The conspiracy theorists might be better off just studying science from high school level upward, but this doesn't provide the easy return that they're looking for.
This doesn't mean that governments are always right or honest, eg the WHO and some government's position on not wearing masks to help stop the spread of Covid is downright illogical, negligent at best and criminal at worst:
> help stop the spread of Covid is downright illogical
You are thinking from an individual point of view, governments and WHO are thinking of society, not you as an individual.
From a society point of view, saying masks don't stop the spread is completely logical. If WHO said "People should wear masks" there would be a world wide shortage overnight. Even for hospitals, care homes and other health workers. That would be a very bad outcome.
The current best use of masks is in environments of higher risk, not them being stockpiled in people's homes. You might be sensible and only buy what you need but will others?
> This doesn't mean that governments are always right or honest
You are judging things only from your perspective, what is right for you and what is right for the masses are not always the same thing. Governments the world over have said they are following scientific advice. That advice is also going to be about hard decisions on who gets saved and who doesn't. That's a hard job for anybody as there is no right, only less wrong.
Not really, a child would also believe a confident person who claims to know more about the subject and throws in legitimate facts to enable their silly conspiracy. We all believed when they told us you couldn't subtract a number from 0 at a similar young age (until we learned about negative numbers)
It's a rhetorical question, but why do media spend time on this? By giving it attention, they are legitimising it and actively helping the spread of blatantly false information.
Because there’s an audience for it to whom they can monetise through advertising, and because most media are simply entertainment masquerading as information. Much of what people consume is a million miles away from being rigorous fact/evidence-based media.
I wasn't worried cos he has barely noticeable drug-caused mental issues. And he's drawn to occult, UFO, 666 conspiracy groups on Facebook and telegram.
However, my old man who's more distrustful of rumors than I am is active on both WhatsApp and Facebook and is begining to believe this 5g nonsense as well - latching on to the intentionally misleading fact that viruses aren't "living things." I didn't bother arguing my stubborn old man and just asked him if ebola, HIV and SARS are man made as well. Then he retorted that Trump's accusing China of making the virus in a lab.
A Nigerian senator and a Nigerian pastor with his own TV channel and millions of 'sheep' worldwide both published videos a few days ago, spreading the 5g virus further and the dumb govt quickly released 5g distancing statements.
I hope whoever started the joke is happy with themselves.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/12/science/5g-phone-safety-h...
And of course there's lowlife scum trying to make money from this, including literal tinfoil (fine, silverfoil) hats: http://lessemf.com/personal.html#221
Once people really believe that first conspiracy theory and then a few others, they get totally emotionally invested. After that they can't easily deny anything or the whole chain of belief would start to unravel.
The conspiracy theorists might be better off just studying science from high school level upward, but this doesn't provide the easy return that they're looking for.
This doesn't mean that governments are always right or honest, eg the WHO and some government's position on not wearing masks to help stop the spread of Covid is downright illogical, negligent at best and criminal at worst:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNkjJHliMZo
Of course this adds to a loss of trust in such bodies and in turn can even make conspiracy theories seem more plausible.
You are thinking from an individual point of view, governments and WHO are thinking of society, not you as an individual.
From a society point of view, saying masks don't stop the spread is completely logical. If WHO said "People should wear masks" there would be a world wide shortage overnight. Even for hospitals, care homes and other health workers. That would be a very bad outcome.
The current best use of masks is in environments of higher risk, not them being stockpiled in people's homes. You might be sensible and only buy what you need but will others?
> This doesn't mean that governments are always right or honest You are judging things only from your perspective, what is right for you and what is right for the masses are not always the same thing. Governments the world over have said they are following scientific advice. That advice is also going to be about hard decisions on who gets saved and who doesn't. That's a hard job for anybody as there is no right, only less wrong.