Moderation Questions
The last iteration of the moderation discussion thread was a complete disaster. Numerous attempts to keep it on topic fa
This Djokovic?
In his book Serve to Win, Djokovic described how in 2010 he met with a nutritionist who asked him to hold a piece of bread in his left hand while he pressed down on his right arm. Djokovic claims he was much weaker while holding the bread, and cited this as evidence of gluten intolerance.
And during an Instagram live, he claimed that positive thought could "cleanse" polluted water, adding that "scientists have proven that molecules in water react to our emotions."
According to Dr David Nunan, a senior researcher at the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine at the University of Oxford, "on the balance of probabilities it is highly unlikely that such claims are true - at least not by current conventions of scientific theory and practice."
I'm sure BJ considers him on par with Einstein. But, really?
Nobody thinks Aaron Rodgers is smart except Aaron Rodgers and people much dumber than Aaron Rodgers
One of the scariest news stories I ever read was about a woman who flipped off a guy and he shot into her car and it killed her little 6 yo son. That’s the stuff of nightmares.
another smart unvax person is Joe Rogan
Seems he was anti-vax for awhile, but later said that people should get vaccinated for Covid. He also said that he tried to tried to get vaccinated himself but missed an appointment. That was in 2021; can't find any info about if he was later vaccinated or not.
If you assume that Africans, Indians, South Americans and Indonesians are stupid but not Europeans, Chinese and Americans I question your intelligence.
As you put it yourself, you might be quite good in certain areas of cognitive function, but apparently not overall. You might even belong in Luciom's Gorge along with all the other Dunning-Kruger sufferers.
Seems he was anti-vax for awhile, but later said that people should get vaccinated for Covid. He also said that he tried to tried to get vaccinated himself but missed an appointment. That was in 2021; can't find any info about if he was later vaccinated or not.
lol, I am guessing his vax status. can't believe you are actually trying to google it.
lol, I am guessing his vax status. can't believe you are actually trying to google it.
I don't know much about these guys; googling is definitely more accurate than my guess, and possibly yours as well. I vaguely remember some controversy about a few professional athletes not wanting to get vaccinated, but I don't pay much attention to anything related to sports. From what I know of Joe Rogan, he seems to court the publicity that comes with controversy, and is likely to say whatever he thinks will increase engagement over what he actually believes, so I can't judge his intelligence from my limited knowledge of him.
Joe Rogan is an idiot that pushed moon landing conspiracy theories for years, and probably still does. Literally should wear a bib to catch all of his drool.
If you want to use education level as a measure of smartness, here's an interesting stat.
The most vaccine-hesitant group of all? PhDs
another smart dude that i'm guessing didn't get the vax is RFK Jr.
i could probably go on and on. super funny Rob Schneider. Tim Allen (laughs for days).
I'm still waiting for a single example of someone people actually consider smart and not just famous
Literally nobody who listens to Joe Rogan has ever claimed he was smart. He has smart people on but holy **** trying to claim Joe as smart is wild
This guy's pretty smart and strongly anti the covid vax.
Mike Yeadon.
Michael Yeadon was a scientific researcher and vice president at drugs giant Pfizer Inc. He co-founded a successful biotech.
it is the pascal wager reversed. given the infinite amount of unmeasurable things that can exist even investing an infinitesimal amount of energy on each would amount to dedicating your whole life to bullshit (and ofc it wouldn't be enough).
that's similar to why the only rational amount of empathy toward strangers is 0, because we are 8 billions
What? If anything that should tell you that a minuscule improvement in conditions for 8 billion produces a large return on utility. It’s one of the reductios of utilitarianism.
This guy's pretty smart and strongly anti the covid vax.
Mike Yeadon.
Michael Yeadon was a scientific researcher and vice president at drugs giant Pfizer Inc. He co-founded a successful biotech.
Wow. The headlines on that article says he recommended that kids have "Covid parties" to get immunity, and that there would not be a Covid vaccine, because herd immunity was already accomplished (by early 2021, when the article was published).
The very first anecdote says he put in a petition to stop vaccine trials because the vaccine caused female infertility, with no evidence given.
I guess it is possible to be an intelligent crackpot, but he's not someone I would want to be on my team of deciding anything at all.
