JRPGfan said:
Same logic as with climate change. Like 98% of scientist agree, and the last 2% are paid off by big oil companies. |
Common sense isn't as common as it used to be. One man's common sense today, is another man's crazy conspiracy theory.
I've been through my fair share of leaders in my career, and more than a few of them did a bang up job in terms of leading by example, though the examples they were setting were terrible much of the time. Now luckily, and with some better advice from others, many of the apprentices had enough brains to leave those crews or companies when those type of 'common sense' leaders were in charge, while many new greenhorns ended up staying once the correct leadership was finally put into place by management. Those companies profits also grew vastly as a result just by chance.
It's part of the reason why the American political system is set up as it is for example. Simply allowing the popular vote to be the end all be all, could lead to disastrous results. The majority isn't always necessarily right, and shouldn't always be allowed to rule with an iron fist. Even if it works the overwhelming majority of the time, all it takes is one major mistake and years if not decades of progress can be halted if not reversed. 'Simply always side with the majority', is not a logical answer.
Now what if your life partner, with a professional career, who you had been with for decades, was telling you what was best in a certain situation they had expertise in, though the majority were saying something quite different, if not the complete opposite? Who to believe? What would common sense suggest?
In terms of intelligence/IQ, what percentage of our smartest people are at a genius level? If it had to side with the majority of the brightest, or the few Einsteins, who would common sense choose?
| SvennoJ said: I guess people see visiting farms as an outside recreational activity. |
I think most people are either taking this from the most realistic, naturalistic point of view, or are fed up with the flat out deception from the media, along with poor decision after decision from the professional leadership during this event. Put all those together and it's a recipe for what we're seeing. Pretty hard for people to be expected to use common sense, when the experts can't even seem to use theirs.
Everyone being instantly connected can be highly constructive, but can also lead to chaos. People being conditioned to expect immediate undeniable results is also a big downside during a situation like this. Not to mention the personal political attachment divide that keeps widening.
It's a mess, no doubt about it.
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