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wernermuende t1_j2m1trc wrote
Reply to Researchers find that public health trust was the strongest predictor of positive attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination. Information literacy, science literacy, and religiosity affected attitudes to a lesser degree. by glawgii
As someone with a life science background who works with physicians and health workers, I trust in peoples decency more than in their competency and to pull off a project where public health services would be in cahoots with Bill Gates and Big Pharma to cull the population by vaccinating them would require a much higher level of competency than I think anyone has.
wernermuende t1_iu9m6o4 wrote
Reply to comment by Million2026 in Megalopolis: how coastal west Africa will shape the coming century. by filosoful
The only thing you need for that is female education and workforce participation
wernermuende t1_iu4bc1q wrote
Reply to comment by csanner in Study: Legalizing Marijuana Has No Impact on the Perceived Risk of Marijuana Use Among Children by BoundariesAreFun
Yes I can read. Maybe it’s some sort of translation or intercultural thing but I can’t extrapolate from this statement if harm only refers to health risks
wernermuende t1_iu4a95f wrote
Reply to comment by csanner in Study: Legalizing Marijuana Has No Impact on the Perceived Risk of Marijuana Use Among Children by BoundariesAreFun
The thing is they didn't write anywhere that they only mean health risks. And I would love to see how those questions are actually worded
wernermuende t1_iu42cm6 wrote
Reply to comment by csanner in Study: Legalizing Marijuana Has No Impact on the Perceived Risk of Marijuana Use Among Children by BoundariesAreFun
Yeah, but what is "risk".
That's my question. They mention a questionnaire, so they asked actual children actual questions, so I would like to know how exactly they defined and measured this "perceived risk"
Risk of what? Risk of munchies? Yeah, that doesn't change.
Risk of lung cancer? Not really
Risk of going to prison over a blunt? That definetly changes, so the percieved risk should change too if legal risks are included in risk.
wernermuende t1_iu3m6bw wrote
Reply to Study: Legalizing Marijuana Has No Impact on the Perceived Risk of Marijuana Use Among Children by BoundariesAreFun
For once, I will read the article before posting ... [please hold the line]... I even went to the abstract. Hit paywall.
It is unclear to me what "perceived risk" entails. If it just the health risks or also inlcudes other kinds of risks like legal risk
wernermuende t1_iu32r49 wrote
Reply to comment by LAhomosexuelle in The Heavy Price of Longtermism | Longtermists focus on ensuring humanity’s existence into the far future. But not without sacrifices in the present. by thenewrepublic
Veganism is about animal rights. Animal protein is ok if we don't like destroy the amazon for burgers. The scale and methods used to raise animals is the problem. Lab meat will be a thing.
wernermuende t1_j2mwirj wrote
Reply to comment by kwiztas in Researchers find that public health trust was the strongest predictor of positive attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination. Information literacy, science literacy, and religiosity affected attitudes to a lesser degree. by glawgii
Yeah, well, that is every industry ever