Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[vivster]

EricHiggin said:

vivster said:

Where I come from choice is a good thing. It's one of humanity's great treasures. And there is no better time than to choose than in the age of information, where there is no excuse to make an uninformed decision.

What's worse, making a poor decision because you were uniformed, or making a poor decision anyway while being informed?

How long before the 'awoken' are knowledgeable enough and are in complete control of themselves to make the 'best' decisions?

In an age of seemingly limitless information, what kind of civilization allows individuals to choose what to be informed about and what not?

You're still trying to make a case out of nothing.

But to answer your question, it is ALWAYS better to make an informed decision, no matter the outcome. The odds will be in your favor of making a good decision, an uninformed decision is just random and will only yield random results.

Humanity doesn't progress by waiting for hindsight to make a slightly better decision. Since perfect information is impossible you have to pull the trigger at some point. You do that every day by waking up and stepping outside without knowing if you will get hit by a car. But you still have to go outside because trying to gather enough information about every car in your area is just not viable.

To still make the best possible decisions at every given moment whe have the best information gatherers and processors, also called scientists. Their sole job is to do just that every day and pass that information back to us. We trust them because they have the most complete information that is available. Deciding on anything without using their information is always a less informed decision than it could be and we have already established that that is a bad thing if it can be helped.

If that is too abstract for you, you can easily apply that principle to your life to become happier and have fewer regrets. The trick is to always make the most informed decision and put your trust into scientists to get that information. If something goes wrong you won't have any regrets because you made the best possible decision possible at that moment. It's what I do and I'm both happier and make better decisions on average, it's a win-win.