@ianwalker Woah 🤯 this is my introduction to the concept of the “special pleading fallacy” and it is totally congruent with my life experience.
For me, in concept and in the abstract, I am far more principled than most of my peers. In social settings these double standards come up in conversation often. — I’m just as guilty as the next person in holding and living out double standards — But with that said, having a term to describe the phenomenon is so helpful.
You don't have to debate the Great Barrington declaration because it wasn't a bona fide strategy.
It was signed at the AIER grounds with video'd documentary at launch, and money behind it. It was to reopen business.
& on the merits, simply, there's no herd immunity to coronas.
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