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Finally! We don't need to look silly wearing tinfoil hats (Original Post) William Seger Feb 2021 OP
I don't look silly, do I? RainCaster Feb 2021 #1
This one comes with lunch. CentralMass Feb 2021 #2
Lol SheltieLover Feb 2021 #3
To be fair, all those things MIGHT be bad for your brain ... mr_lebowski Feb 2021 #4
The point (I suppose) is that a tin-foil hat is a moronic way nam78_two Feb 2021 #5
 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
4. To be fair, all those things MIGHT be bad for your brain ...
Mon Feb 1, 2021, 11:24 PM
Feb 2021

They're clearly not 'mind-control' ... that part comes from your screen ... but I'd be entirely unsurprised to find out, in the end, that all these radio-frequencies we bathe our brains with are physically not good for them.

Or maybe they're all 100% totally benign.

But I kinda doubt that, frankly.

nam78_two

(15,488 posts)
5. The point (I suppose) is that a tin-foil hat is a moronic way
Tue Feb 2, 2021, 05:14 AM
Feb 2021

Last edited Tue Feb 2, 2021, 06:04 AM - Edit history (1)

To address..well anything.

I kinda get what you are saying. I have no sympathy with anti-vaxxers but I think it is a form of herd mentality which instinctively causes people to dismiss any concern that is potentially based in rationality. For example concerns about big tech or shitty institutions with lousy track records.

But if your concerns are based in rationality you are unlikely to waste time on moronic solutions like tin-foil hats, alternate healing or anti-vaxxer groups. You are likelier to wait for support from non-corrupt, non-creepy mainstream experts, which invariably happens in my experience, even if it takes a decade.

You cannot grow your own food, build your own computer, be your own doctor, own guns or raise dogs for security....unless you live in a cult (which only works for creepy people). You have to have systems you can trust.

The way to address privacy concerms for instance is to stop giving business to companies that violate trust even once. And to insist on regulation by the state.

If I encounter stuff that makes me uneasy, I waste no time in trying to understand it. I never get numbed to it though. I wait till more information and actual legal options are on the table. I am all for ruthless regulatory crackdowns on people like Zuckerberg/Larry Page or rather their crapware.

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