On 11/8/2012 12:23 AM, scott wrote:
>> There is, in fact, a psychological phenomenon behind all this. I wrote an
>> article about that very subject here:
>>
>> http://grindedgear.blogspot.fi/2012/10/people-are-really-bad-at-grasping.html
>>
>
> Example:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MMR_vaccine_controversy
This isn't just about "probabilities" in this case though, its more like 
"Crank thinking". I.e., if it scares me, then if something seems to 
prove that its true, then its true, but if something indicates its not 
true, its actually conspiracy to hide that it is true."

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