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(On a huge tangent). This is not always the case. (From an historical perspective). There were some individuals with PhD degrees and/or Nobel Prize winners who were extremely belligerent and/or close minded. For example, some historical figures such as: - Philipp Lenard - Johannes Stark -...

Didn't canada burn down the white house in 1814, during the war of 1812 ?

.... or being abducted by space aliens into a ufo. ;)

(More generally). This is standard human behavior which is actually well known: psychological projection. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_projection

Heh. If I didn't know that was in canada, I would have thought it was a story out of germany (ie. the states in the former west frg and maybe berlin + potsdam, but not the rest of the former east ddr).

I generally assume cluelessness/stupidity per capita is uniform worldwide. ;)

(Since this is a tv/movie message board). If a vaccine is not found, I'm guessing movie or tv productions might go in the direction of less and less people on set. In place of this, productions might be using more and more cgi to "fill in the background", such as "crowd" scenes. If cgi...

(Without getting into politics). More generally, one could ask what the world will be if there is no effective vaccine is ever found. There have been past precedents of no vaccine ever being found, such as hiv/aids. The transmission mechanism of covid is much more insidious than hiv, where...

There also might be issues of anti bodies declining. There was a recent paper published about this. https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/studies-report-rapid-loss-of-covid-19-antibodies-67650 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0965-6 Though it would be better to wait for...

My suspicion is this style of "thinking" might have to do a lot with peer pressure in their local social groups, than actual willful ignorance/stupidity. I have several folks in my local social circles, who were exactly like this. It was purely a game of "one upmanship", while in private...

I doubt it is just strictly stupidity and/or ignorance. My guess is it has more to do with the notion of "it can't happen to me" and/or "I'll take my chances" type of thinking. I have acquaintences/friends who think exactly in this manner, in spite of having highly technical/scientific...

They will only be "laughed" at, if their attorney is a "Saul Goodman" ambulance chaser type. Even if this could be enforced, it will also likely be clogging up the legal system. Especially if experts in constitutional law start fighting such cases, and drag it all the way up to the supreme courts.

I tried this already. It was a complete utter failure!!! Through trial and error, the least stressful activity I have encountered so far, is attempting to read through books with a lot of mathematical equations. (To be specific, it was a few highly technical books about quantum mechanics)...

Even popcorn "fluff" daily shows are also now very stressful to watch, such as "entertainment tonight", etc ... It is almost like watching "cnn" now, when formerly it was just junkfood type celebrity news.

Too stressful and depressing to even follow current events. For that matter, even "formerly frivolous" current daytime tv is too stressful to watch now such as: The View, The Talk, Ellen DeGeneres, etc ... where everything they talk about now is all about current events. This may sound...

.... planned all along by the illuminati !!!

The vector really came from an asteroid originating from Alpha Centauri, which crash landed in china. :) :cheers:

This would be easy to do if it was just a small number of freeways to place checkpoints at, and/or a large body of water or mountain range separating regions.

Flintstones vitamins. :)

Pills which exploit a person's "inner hypochondriac" called "placebo". :)

(More generally). I'm somewhat skeptical of stuff which is touted as a "wonder cure" for anything and/or everything. (ie. It reeks of "snake oil" type rackets).

Heh. This might possibly work in a place like Sweden. Though "trust-based" measures will not work in an "Idiocracy". ;)

Wonder how many of these were just "prank" phone calls, pulled off by comedians on local radio shows or youtube. :)

Unless all the folks with first hand accounts/experiences are all dead.

Wonder if the same can be said of marijuana and vaping outlets. ;) :dance:

(Without getting too heavily into politics). I have noticed many expats from Hong Kong, absolutely do not believe in any information coming out of mainland China for many decades, and are willing to be speak loudly about it. Some of my extended family and in-laws are from Hong Kong, where...

Heh. On the surface, this sounds too much like a modern day version of "Dr. Mengele" to be believable. Almost like something straight out of a lousy scifi movie made by The Asylum. ;)

Also people who were heavily into smoking marijuana and/or vaping?

When I went shopping for groceries at a nearby Walmart, the cashier mentioned that I should do the bagging myself using the generic walmart plastic bags.

All systems go back to idiocracy in full force. :)