I have grown increasingly amazed at the inability of so many to see trends that are so clear and obvious to us here.
I'm definitely claiming any kind of superior intelligence--I was a steady B- student throughout all of college. I agree 100% with the statement "I can't be smart enough for there to be so many people dumber than me!" (I can't remember who said that).
Yet, we have been brought to a new understanding of our reality in the past 2 years-- that the vast majority of people get their beliefs and understanding of the truths based on what they are told--not by what they see.
We have seen a number of mysterious vaccine deaths and injuries. Of course the vaxxed have seen and experienced it even more. Instead of gaining an immediate sense of concern and suspicion, they just consider what they've seen around them as a coincidence or bad luck until they hear CNN say otherwise.
The "believe what you are told, not what you see" group tends to lean left, but there is certainly no shortage of those on the right also--just look at Patriot.win.
How many "q proofs" convinced you Q was real?
After seeing one q proof, I thought "whatever". After 2 Q proofs I thought "interesting!" After seeing my third Q proof I thought "Wait a minute...is something going here? I'm going to pay close attention from now on to determine if these are just coincidences or if POTUS and the military are nodding "yes, it is real! yes, it is real." Sure enough, in a month of careful observation, I was 100% convinced it was real.
Yet, we all know other conservatives that have been exposed to dozens and dozens of q proofs, and it never intrigues their interest in the least.
Any how, this is my rant for the day. Anyone else feel the same?
There are four categories, a 2x2 matrix where the orthogonal elements are: A) sees patterns, B) does not see patterns, and 1) there is a pattern, 2) there is no pattern. The combinations (A1) and (B2) are good and normal.
The combinations (A2) and (B1) are hazardous. (A2) has various manifestations, two of which are (pareidolia: seeing things in a Rorshach blot) and (paranoia: presuming an explanation in absence of evidence). It is something we need to guard against. (B1) is generally a matter of being oblivious, or failing to be observant. If you don't SEE any dots, you can't connect them. Or you have an inability to RECOGNIZE a pattern. That last one may be related to ignorance of mathematical reasoning, which necessarily exposes a person to patterns (especially geometric).
excellent points. dovetails with my comment elsewhere in this thread.