D&D and the rising pandemic

Cognitive dissonance.

I don't like calling flat-earthers, sovereign citizens, or anti-vaxxers "conspiracy theorists". The word "theory" gives them too much credibility. Thinking the government is monitoring your phone or that a cabal of wealthy individuals controls all the insulin in the world are conspiracy theories; highly unlikely, but theoretically possible. The ability to straight out deny reality when it stares you in the face by talking loudly and ignoring all evidence contrary to your worldview is something else.

My conspiracy theory is that all flat-earthers don't really believe it. They just want to get in on the conspiracy theory lifestyle so they have chosen it to argue for. They're all in on it and at meetings they joke about how fun it is to argue with people.
 

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My conspiracy theory is that all flat-earthers don't really believe it. They just want to get in on the conspiracy theory lifestyle so they have chosen it to argue for. They're all in on it and at meetings they joke about how fun it is to argue with people.

Some are true believers.

Yay number 1.
 

So about that reopening in the states...

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Should use a guassian with SD or about ~3 and ~9 days lagging. Gives you a better idea of infections instead of diagnosis rates. It does mean that the last week or two of information isn't there yet; you can correct for this somewhat by dividing by the area of the guassian in the future, but that over estimates on downturns and under on up (makes things look more flat).

But I guess a 7 day average is simpler to think about.
 


My conspiracy theory is that all flat-earthers don't really believe it. They just want to get in on the conspiracy theory lifestyle so they have chosen it to argue for. They're all in on it and at meetings they joke about how fun it is to argue with people.

At least one dude has died (in a self-made steam-powered rocket) over flat Earth theory.

 

So about that reopening in the states...

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And this is what ""take New York out of the numbers" is about. It is not about taking out the largest population center, it is about taking out the population center that is behaving in a significantly different manner.

So, if you are trying to compare your own country to the US, you don't just chuck out the largest city. You ask whether that largest population center is managing thigs better or worse than the rest of the nation.

And, the weird thing for the US is... while NYC is providing the largest number of cases, it is performing better, in that it is pretty clearly on the road to recovery, when other places aren't.
 

At least one dude has died (in a self-made steam-powered rocket) over flat Earth theory.

That's different. He was a daredevil that had rocketry as his hobby of choice. He wasn't a flat earther. He conned flat earthers out of their money to finance his increasingly more expensive home-made rockets.
 

What is wrong with us?
 

What is wrong with us?
That isn't surprising. If people think they can tough it out, either through being young and healthy, already having had it, or are an anti-vaccination proponent.

All of those combined becomes a decent sized group of people. The question is, are they right to feel this way? (probably not in the antivaxxers case)

Random question to keep us sane, how do you feel about Science-Fantasy? I am thinking pretty hard about my new campaign being developed while in lockdown as stemming off of this style.
 

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