Yesterday my customer told me electric car is bad for health because the massive amount of battery under the seat will give off electrostatic and give you cancer, which i argue that the fume of the exhaust is much worst to lung and environment, and he simply brush it off saying its only when the exhaust leak, which i'm not even sure how to reply to that because everything is just outlandish if you have just a bit of actual science and mechanical knowledge. Pro-status quo people is just so weird and infuriating at the same time.
this post was submitted on 23 Aug 2025
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these people often fall into it because they are searching for info that assures that thier beliefs are correct, which pseudoscience seem to have an answer for every question they ask, they dont search for actual research papers, which doesnt give them the answers they seek.
Yeah. That person is a stroke survival, which i guess it make sense when he want to learn more on how to be healthy and prevent disease. Unfortunately internet and social media is a cesspool of misinformation and disinformation, and some people tend to take everything everyone with a following(like socmed influenza, which often are corporate mouthpiece) said at face value.
wait till that guy hears about radio waves!
I had a coworker that was in IT, and she sore that microwaves were evil and causing cancer and even when I got her to admit that microwaves are everywhere, even if there is not an appliance focusing them in a single spot... but yeah, some people just cannot accept these things
you have to live in a faraday cage if you want to keep these out of your life... but there will always be nutrenos!
It's called FUD for reasons. 🙃
and it works. Sadly it really is one of the most powerful forces in motivation of people. The only thing that diminishes it is critical thinking.
I find the world in general easier to understand without visceral reactionism. Stoicism and cynicism (in the classical sense) are underrated. A pity I didn't learn to curb reactionary tendencies in my twenties.
This is why I took myself off all the other platforms. That way I don't have to see it.
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