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Complex systems, wicked problems. Society, technology, science and more. @UNC professor. @NYTimes columnist. My newsletter is @insight: http://www.theinsight.org 

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    1. Natalie E. Dean, PhD‏Verified account @nataliexdean 11 Dec 2020
      Replying to @RidleyDM @a_haema and

      I wish I could like this more than once.

      2 replies 0 retweets 19 likes
    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 11 Dec 2020
      Replying to @nataliexdean @RidleyDM and

      Sociologically speaking, of course we can't start with "we didn't test this" but I think we can certainly start with rapid trial and intermediate data, along with explaining the trade-offs. The public mistrusts arrogance and lack of transparency, not complexity and honesty.

      2 replies 1 retweet 7 likes
    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 11 Dec 2020
      Replying to @zeynep @nataliexdean and

      I think the medical profession (not addressing you guys at all!) really conflates these. They assume we can't tell people about uncertainty and trade-offs and then we end up in suboptimal positions, but we don't even get the trust because complexity/uncertainty isn't the problem.

      1 reply 0 retweets 13 likes
    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 11 Dec 2020
      Replying to @zeynep @nataliexdean and

      My guess is that if we had prelim data & asked for volunteers in non high-risk groups (for example, HCW: risk by exposure status not age), we'd be surprised by the update. The public can absolutely follow discussions of trade-offs under uncertainty if it's truly transparent.

      2 replies 0 retweets 13 likes
    5. Steven J. Frisch‏ @stevenjfrisch 11 Dec 2020
      Replying to @zeynep @nataliexdean and

      There is a meaningful percentage of the country's population who are certain that COVID-19 is a hoax and there's a larger percentage, perhaps ~50% of the population, who are likely to refuse vaccination, at least initially. It's easy to overestimate the audience.

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    6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 11 Dec 2020
      Replying to @stevenjfrisch @nataliexdean and

      Those numbers are at that scale exactly because of a history of *underestimating* the audience which is then worsened by the deliberate misinformation. There is a history here. If you don't trust people, they will never trust you back.

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    7. Steven J. Frisch‏ @stevenjfrisch 11 Dec 2020
      Replying to @zeynep @nataliexdean and

      I would argue that Trump and his predecessors in propaganda leverage a simple truth: a large percentage of society are both easily seduced by lies and also impervious to factual arguments as an antidote.

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 11 Dec 2020
      Replying to @stevenjfrisch @nataliexdean and

      In contrast, I think the sentiment expressed above is exactly why we're failing to compete with lies despite extraordinary scientific achievements, like vaccines. For one thing, it's not lack of trust in facts, it's lack of trust in experts. +

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    9. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 11 Dec 2020
      Replying to @zeynep @stevenjfrisch and

      The public does fly despite the insanity of the idea. We get into tin cans hurling across the sky because commercial aviation has managed to establish trust and has a process for it. None of us know fully know all "the facts" of flying—it's beyond our scientific understanding.

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    10. Steven J. Frisch‏ @stevenjfrisch 11 Dec 2020
      Replying to @zeynep @nataliexdean and

      There are a couple of key differences: direct observability and habituation. When you're dealing with the confluence of both, especially when the safety profile is extraordinary and thus adverse incidents scant, public sentiment and susceptibility to myth are very different.

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 11 Dec 2020
      Replying to @stevenjfrisch @nataliexdean and

      Planes crashes dominate news—despite their rarity—and people watch it on CNN at the airport & immediately get on a plane. And medical science has both direct observability and habituation—and extraordinary achievements!—but I think squanders a lot of advantage with its attitude.

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        2. Steven J. Frisch‏ @stevenjfrisch 11 Dec 2020
          Replying to @zeynep @nataliexdean and

          I disagree and, unfortunately, snippets of argument, as mandated by the format of Twitter, provide the opposite of a good medium for substantive discussions. In closing, I would offer that the study of propaganda, focused on the reasons for its efficacy, would be useful.

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 11 Dec 2020
          Replying to @stevenjfrisch @nataliexdean and

          Yeah, this isn't a Twitter length argument, and something that is crucial but I do think a lot about propaganda and how to counter it. To push the metaphor a bit, if propaganda is the pathogen, the trust in experts/institutions is the immune system.

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        1. Steven J. Frisch‏ @stevenjfrisch 11 Dec 2020
          Replying to @zeynep @nataliexdean and

          One suggestion to anyone interested in this topic: Demagogue for President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump by @jenmercieca. It's a profoundly useful tool in understanding the playing field, and that's the first step in building effective countermeasures to "crazy".

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