Another article making the rounds complaining about pandemic "epistemic trespassing", unironically quoting a medical expert who has adamantly & baselessly claimed masks would induce false sense of security—to great harm. For "trust the experts" to work, experts need to deliver.
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It's true! Epistemic trespassing can be terribly dangerous—especially paired with overconfidence or ideology. But the expert community should realize what's opening the floodgates is partly their failure. We *want to* trust the experts Fix that, instead of circling the wagons.
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So far, we mostly seem to be pulling it off and I'm honestly shocked just based on what we knew as of July. (to wit: Elementary schools -> no outbreaks, High Schools -> YES OUTBREAKS!) Ditto movie theaters. Would not have guessed either.
End of conversation
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Current results of following internet randos: * No COVID in the family yet * Managed to pull off Thanksgiving in the garage (the day after it dropped from 80 to 45 heh) * Eating out at all my favorites. Just outside. * Wasted about $200 * Spent about $1200
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This is like the story from partners in health where Paul Farmers crew took years to fix WHO guidance, Tracy Kidder's Mountains Beyond Mountains is mandatory reading.
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