D&D and the rising pandemic

[cbwjm]

I think education is bigger than getting a job. That said I want more jobs to require a degree like for instance the police force ... instead of highschool grads with guns require a degree and provide appropriate undergrad course lists college level psychology and law etc. Personally I would do my education over again I would do biology and genetics because it seems awesome.

Astrobiology seems to be a growing field that i think I'd be interested in, that or astrophysics. No idea what kind of job I'd end up with if doing that but I'm sure it'd be fascinating.

 

[NotAYakk]

My brother did an astrophysics undergrad. Decided too many snart people where in physics, went and got an MBA and did well in business.

 

[Garthanos]

My brother did an astrophysics undergrad. Decided too many snart people where in physics, went and got an MBA and did well in business.

My physics minor was an accident not something I was over invested in (as a profession) but the concept of quantum physics fascinated me.... as did astronomy so it rather just sort of happened.

 

[Umbran]

Here's a nice little description of how the mRNA coronavirus vaccines do their job.

 

[Zardnaar]

Here's a nice little description of how the mRNA coronavirus vaccines do their job.

Problem is this video won't convince anyone.

Doesn't really matter if it's right, wrong pink purple.

You need to appeal to emotion not logic.

I'm just gonna use whatever one the government procures myself.

 

[Umbran]

Problem is this video won't convince anyone.

You know what? You are almost certainly wrong. Absolute statements have very little place when discussing human behavior.

Will it, on its own, convince millions? No. Might it (or the information contained) be useful for someone to help a loved one get over the hump of decision? Maybe.

And that maybe is what matters - it may help someone in someone's family to accept it, if they can speak confidently on how it really works.

Stop trying to discard tools in people's arsenals, Zardnaar. Doing that is actively unhelpful.

 

[NotAYakk]

You know what? You are almost certainly wrong. Absolute statements have very little place when discussing human behavior.

Will it, on its own, convince millions? No. Might it (or the information contained) be useful for someone to help a loved one get over the hump of decision? Maybe.

And that maybe is what matters - it may help someone in someone's family to accept it, if they can speak confidently on how it really works.

Stop trying to discard tools in people's arsenals, Zardnaar. Doing that is actively unhelpful.

And one family converted to doing it can convert another.

One kid who thinks themselves rational watches this, and goes from apprehensive to cautiously optimistic.

One family whose daughter is now cautiously optimistic tells their friends, with pride, "my smart kid says it is safe".

One stubborn dude decides it is safe, and tells people who pass around conspiracy theories that they are idiots.

If your goal is "this SOLVES EVERYTHING" then everything is hopeless.

If your goal is one, small, step, towards, the, better, then everything is approachable.

People aren't turned into conspiracy theory idiots overnight. They are repeatedly groomed by aggressive media that makes them more and more susceptible to the next step, one step at a time.

Modern media algorithms treat that growing susceptibility to conspiracy theory nonsense as a growing preference on the part of the consumer, and feed them the next step automatically in order to keep them engaged, watching and sometimes clicking on ads.

Producers of this content spew out stuff, and get immediate feedback on what works and what doesn't with real time viewer counts, and are paid money when it works.

Fighting to rescue someone far down a rabbit hole is hard, but there are many more people on the edge of those rabbit holes than at the bottom.

 

[Eltab]

My mobile device does not play nice with videos
If he is working with high-school biology and chemistry, staying away from the slogans of the year, his efforts will be a step forward.

 

[Zardnaar]

You know what? You are almost certainly wrong. Absolute statements have very little place when discussing human behavior.

Will it, on its own, convince millions? No. Might it (or the information contained) be useful for someone to help a loved one get over the hump of decision? Maybe.

And that maybe is what matters - it may help someone in someone's family to accept it, if they can speak confidently on how it really works.

Stop trying to discard tools in people's arsenals, Zardnaar. Doing that is actively unhelpful.

Got to remember anyone who would benefit from that video has already been banned from the thread.

You're preaching to the converted basically.

The people who need to see it won't and even if they do they're not that inclined to believe it in the 1st place.

Videos not wrong or a thing but in addition to being right you need to figure out how to communicate it to people who need to hear it.

 

[MarkB]

Got to remember anyone who would benefit from that video has already been banned from the thread.

But their friends and family haven't.

The more people who see it, the more who can pass it on.