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According to MIT Study, Covid-19 Skeptics are Highly Informed on the Data
Investment Watch Blog ^ | July 20, 2021 | Chris Black

Posted on 07/23/2021 2:29:09 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin

If you’re still wasting your time with the legacy media, you’re aware of the fact that people who doubt the official coronavirus narrative are portrayed as utter morons, crazy conspiracy theorists, antivaxxers, anti-science, etc.

However, according to an MIT study conducted last March, which obviously went under the radar because it doesn’t support the narrative, the majority of the people in the “skeptic movement” are highly informed individuals, who are actually using official data to make their arguments.

It’s quite amazing that the establishment is actually admitting this, as the mainstream media is still framing skeptics as “right wing” retards who are victims of disinformation.

The current propaganda that’s being rolled out 24/7 is that you’re either in full agreement with the legacy media/the government (same thing), or you’re a retard who believes crazy conspiracy theories that make no sense.

Hence, the MIT study was ignored and buried. However, the study concluded that that people will believe the official narrative more the less information they have.

MIT News, March 4, 2021:

A study from MIT shows how coronavirus skeptics have marshalled data visualizations online to argue against public health orthodoxy about the benefits of mask mandates. Such “counter-visualizations” are often quite sophisticated, using datasets from official sources and state-of-the-art visualization methods.

The researchers combed through hundreds of thousands of social media posts and found that coronavirus skeptics often deploy counter-visualizations alongside the same “follow-the-data” rhetoric as public health experts, yet the skeptics argue for radically different policies. The researchers conclude that data visualizations aren’t sufficient to convey the urgency of the Covid-19 pandemic, because even the clearest graphs can be interpreted through a variety of belief systems.

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1 posted on 07/23/2021 2:29:09 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

When you totally own the legacy Media and social media, you can create your own fantasy world, and at least 40 percent of the public will believe it.


2 posted on 07/23/2021 2:31:32 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Stealing that


3 posted on 07/23/2021 2:34:12 PM PDT by Salamander (We Have Forgotten The Faces Of Our Fathers....)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Great pic. !!


4 posted on 07/23/2021 2:38:13 PM PDT by Track9 (Dealing with democrats is like living without toilet paper. )
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Highly informed — that’s why they are skeptics.


5 posted on 07/23/2021 2:43:16 PM PDT by BEJ
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
...the majority of the people in the “skeptic movement” are highly informed individuals,

Google and Facebook are trying to remedy that, no?

6 posted on 07/23/2021 2:43:27 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I would rather that they didn’t know.


7 posted on 07/23/2021 2:46:58 PM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

“The researchers conclude that data visualizations aren’t sufficient to convey the urgency of the Covid-19 pandemic, because even the clearest graphs can be interpreted through a variety of belief systems.”

That likely means that extrapolations from the data are ambiguous, but these researchers seem to exclude the possibility that they might be wrong. If they want to persuade those “highly informed” skeptics, they might try a little humility and open-mindedness. A lot to ask; I know.


8 posted on 07/23/2021 2:50:26 PM PDT by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Sounds like the ‘legacy media’ hasn’t figured out you don’t need a Phd in virology to understand this. It can be explained in simple English.


9 posted on 07/23/2021 2:51:26 PM PDT by upchuck (I'm not afraid of the China Virus/variants. I AM afraid of the unproven experimental gene therapies)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

In evaluating information disseminated by the Federal government, option 1 for me is to believe the government is lying to me. In that regard, they have a flawless record. They obviously do not have my best interest at heart. I am not their main constituent or concern, elites and governmental apparatchiks are.


10 posted on 07/23/2021 2:57:03 PM PDT by RatRipper ( Democrats and socialists are vile liars, thdieves and murderers - enemies of good and America.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
The researchers conclude that data visualizations aren’t sufficient to convey the urgency of the Covid-19 pandemic, because even the clearest graphs can be interpreted through a variety of belief systems.

Part of the scientific method, but their "science" is authoritarian "shut up and do as you are told."

11 posted on 07/23/2021 3:05:05 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I don’t think libs BS detector were ever made functional.


12 posted on 07/23/2021 3:08:34 PM PDT by Track9 (Dealing with democrats is like living without toilet paper. )
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To: RatRipper
In evaluating information disseminated by the Federal government, option 1 for me is to believe the government is lying to me. In that regard, they have a flawless record. They obviously do not have my best interest at heart. I am not their main constituent or concern, elites and governmental apparatchiks are.

Thumbs up to that!

13 posted on 07/23/2021 3:36:10 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there..)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

“...are highly informed individuals, who are actually using official data to make their arguments.”

Case in point. It almost a sure thing when Youtube delets information like this.

https://freeworldnews.tv/watch?id=60f89c07b4c876043c591c8a


14 posted on 07/23/2021 3:53:46 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: upchuck
It can be explained in simple English.

Case in point: Calling BS on muzzle requirements when the back of the box of disposable muzzles says NOT FOR USE IN HEALTHCARE SETTINGS.

15 posted on 07/23/2021 4:01:58 PM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: upchuck

It can be explained in simple English.
= = =

And if you can’t explain it in simple English, you are the problem.

See: Feynman Technique

Albert Einstein is often credited with having said that (paraphrasing) “you don’t know something well if you can’t explain it to a child.”


16 posted on 07/23/2021 4:56:46 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (My /s is more true than your /science (or you might mean /seance))
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To: Track9

I don’t think libs BS detector were ever made functional.
= = =

Oh, they do have a BS detector.

But when they find it, they worship it.

(The G-rated version)


17 posted on 07/23/2021 4:59:19 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (My /s is more true than your /science (or you might mean /seance))
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Simply put,
Millions upon millions
Have not died from Wuhan,
ad originally predicted.
The vast majority of
deaths attributable to it
are advanced in age with
other issues.
Yes it’s a nasty flu
But it’s
No Black Plague.


18 posted on 07/23/2021 5:26:01 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (Be Still and Know that I Am God. Rev 19)
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To: Scrambler Bob

Interesting,
That’s what I wanted
to do in my post.
(Above)
The best I could do.


19 posted on 07/23/2021 5:30:52 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (Be Still and Know that I Am God. Rev 19)
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To: Big Red Badger

Of course I put
AD
instead of
as.


20 posted on 07/23/2021 5:32:55 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (Be Still and Know that I Am God. Rev 19)
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