A brand new in-person episode of The VPZD Show!
We deep dive into how our tribal divisions influence interpretations of science, ethics, and policy:
Omicron-specific boosters
Data on severe disease prevention and booster rationale
The challenges of case-control data for kids' vaccination
Evidence-based morality, ethical and practical considerations around vaccine mandates
Ethical and practical considerations around cooking pizza at home
Does repeated COVID infection harm you
Law vs. science and second order effects of legal decisions
Tribal division and taking joy in the suffering of the out-group
Stanford med school dean abortion letter controversy
Policing language vs. real policy issues
Outrage culture
The abortion mess
Jonathan Haidt's "Great Untruths"
When Covidians turn on their own
Taking offense vs. assuming good intent and how to organically promote changes in language
When "science" museums behave like buttheads
Loyalty on the left vs. the right
Ayn Rand and young people
Iodinated salt and MORE
Fun captioned vertical version of our recent YouTube Live conversation, with no ads, here for Locals fam!
Today's interview with legendary vaccine researcher Paul Offit. Video version coming shortly!
In the middle of the night when your past misdeeds come back to berate you, you should do two things:
1. Honor the lessons and realize that it is because you're a better person now and be thankful of that!
2. See that persons who do harms against you and others are harming themselves more. Others are as yourself in the need compassion. Just as you needed compassion when you were in dark times, everyone needs compassion.
We are all a moment. We are not :that" moment, or a "future" moment. We are "this" moment!
Thinking about the "Original Sin" of the Bible:
After the beginning in which God declared at the end of each step "it is good," humanity was incapable of choice and error.
There was nothing further that could be done to complete the creation until the Adam made a choice to continue. The "Tree of Knowing Good and Bad" was given for the Adam with the warning that death would come with that, but just like a god, the Adam would have every choice and responsibility for that choice going forward.
Sin is just another way of saying that a bad choice was made, but the original choice is choice itself.
We all consented to be born into dangerous freedom.
Isn't it odd. I had to quickly make the kitchen a bit welcoming so whapped a cloth on the table and got flowers from the garden. Accidentally got transported straight here! @RisaD the cows made me think you (😂😂😂because Risa like Highland Cows!!!!) the roses made me think of @RoseyT and the whole day made me think of @ashleystuart94 - I hope you got flowers and all sorts of nice things this week ❤️
