I realized one of my problems today. I'm suffering a horrible case of herd immunity...
I don't care if institutions are considered authoritative by society. If I see them dishing out shite then I think they suck.
I don't care if you want to insulate yourself from information not approved by these institutions. I don't have a ministry of truth nor will I ever bow the knee to one.
I think critical thinking is better than censorship. If you don't I think your thinking may be part of the problem.
I do suffer from what political scientist call rational ignorance. We all do. We have limited resources to invest in finding out what is going on in the world so we all outsource to a large degree to "experts" and sources. Once a source gains my trust I do become less scrutinizing, and sometimes I get burned by this. But I'll take my sources over the ones normally considered authoritative by progressive (and conservative) thought police any day of the week. And attempts to muzzle sources outside of this self selected group of circular elitist thinkers trying to establish themselves as the defacto ministry of truth I view as un-American and dangerous.
I do not believe that a person being a subject matter expert in one realm makes them a subject matter expert in all realms.
I question science but I support the scientific method. I question the majority view. I think it is fine to have dissenting viewpoints discussed openly, even ones I don't like. I support the market place of ideas over group think.
If my thinking makes me have the same view as everyone else I don't care. If my thinking makes me have totally opposed views to everyone else I don't care. Because I will think and follow where truth as I've come to know it leads. It isn't a tool to blend, virtue signal to my "peers", or whatever. It is a tool for sight navigation in a world that is way more complex, amazing, dangerous, chaotic, organized, than I ever thought.
If I worry about what the herd thinks I might as well be blind.
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