re: US child deaths on the rise, partly blamed on ‘immune overreaction’

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...and that's the real problem with "journalists" like her. They're grifters who have been peddling bullshite their entire lives. You just like what she's selling these days.

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Yes, and there's a recent economic literature about this starting with the observation that beliefs heavily influence behaviors, but there's a catch: people can only convince themselves to believe things they can find good reasons for. When lots of people want to believe similar things (like on this board), it creates what they call "rationalization markets", social systems where people try to come up with reasons to believe things in exchange for money or social approval.