32 Vaccine hesitancy: Why ‘doing your own research’ doesn’t work (theconversation.com) posted 1 year ago by brain_dead 1 year ago by brain_dead +32 / -0 Vaccine hesitancy: Why ‘doing your own research’ doesn’t work, but reason alone won’t change minds Vaccine hesitancy is often met with one of two responses: Ridicule, or factual information. Both assume a failure of reason, but human behaviour is more complex than reason, so both responses fail. 22 comments share 22 comments share save hide report block hide replies
#1 is somewhat relevant to the debate, #2 less so, and #3 is totally external to the debate. If Vinod Goel was smarter, he’d realize that when he resorts to “reward or penalty” he has lost the debate.