| According to the Economist on 12:03 - Jul 10 with 417 views | eireblue |
| According to the Economist on 00:30 - Jul 10 by J2BLUE |
Nearly half? You mean 40% for masks which is common sense on public transport etc. I'd love to see where they got this sample. I bet a huge chunk of the 10pm curfew lot were pensioners |
The demographic data is available.
Any discernible chunk wasn’t from pensioners. |  | |  |
| According to the Economist on 12:14 - Jul 10 with 412 views | J2BLUE |
| According to the Economist on 06:54 - Jul 10 by chicoazul |
40% is nearly half bubalah.
The question is, has the UK gone mad due to Covid or has it always been this way and I never noticed? |
As someone else said, people struggle to look forward.
Ask them to think what their answers would be if covid was completely eradicated. I don't think the mask answer is anything to worry about Many, including me, find wearing a mask to be completely hassle free. It would make sense for places like the tube. |  |
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| According to the Economist on 12:37 - Jul 10 with 399 views | eireblue |
| According to the Economist on 12:14 - Jul 10 by J2BLUE |
As someone else said, people struggle to look forward.
Ask them to think what their answers would be if covid was completely eradicated. I don't think the mask answer is anything to worry about Many, including me, find wearing a mask to be completely hassle free. It would make sense for places like the tube. |
Yep, a more interesting set of results would be the same questions asked pre,during,post pandemic.
People will feel differently in the middle of a global pandemic. | | | |
| According to the Economist on 12:47 - Jul 10 with 390 views | Darth_Koont |
| According to the Economist on 08:29 - Jul 10 by StokieBlue |
Nice of you to single me out.
I fundamentally disagree though as you say. People making decisions based on feelings has enabled Trump, Orban, Tories and numerous genocides over the years.
Decisions based on feelings often are the enablers of discrimination.
Making important decisions using facts rather than feelings doesn't make the world joyless. Feelings have their own important place in the world.
I think the important word in your post is "irreligious" and that mindset change in the population is something you don't like.
I'm off to watch my son play football, a joyful experience in our ever changing society.
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Indeed. We’ll always have feelings – we’re human beings and animals after all. Rationality doesn’t and can’t replace those.
But there’s no doubt that an increase in rationality, from the Enlightenment onwards, has made the world a better place by most objective standards.
And when we lose that rationality temporarily through dogmatic ideology, religion or mass stupidity a la Trump then we see the suffering increase again. |  |
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| According to the Economist on 12:50 - Jul 10 with 391 views | jeera |
| According to the Economist on 12:14 - Jul 10 by J2BLUE |
As someone else said, people struggle to look forward.
Ask them to think what their answers would be if covid was completely eradicated. I don't think the mask answer is anything to worry about Many, including me, find wearing a mask to be completely hassle free. It would make sense for places like the tube. |
I was chatting to a local shop keeper this week and was disappointed to hear how he has had customers ignoring a clear sign on his door asking people to respect his staff's wishes that they wear a mask in their small shop.
He said some people walk in mask-less and when challenged say how they don't believe in 'all that stuff'. |  |
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| According to the Economist on 12:53 - Jul 10 with 387 views | WD19 |
| According to the Economist on 12:47 - Jul 10 by Darth_Koont |
Indeed. We’ll always have feelings – we’re human beings and animals after all. Rationality doesn’t and can’t replace those.
But there’s no doubt that an increase in rationality, from the Enlightenment onwards, has made the world a better place by most objective standards.
And when we lose that rationality temporarily through dogmatic ideology, religion or mass stupidity a la Trump then we see the suffering increase again. |
See also Scottish nationalism.
Although admittedly amongst those whose heart rules head, it is unlikely to be acknowledged. |  | | |
| According to the Economist on 13:00 - Jul 10 with 378 views | Darth_Koont |
| According to the Economist on 12:53 - Jul 10 by WD19 |
See also Scottish nationalism.
Although admittedly amongst those whose heart rules head, it is unlikely to be acknowledged. |
In your mind maybe. But there’s an objective rationality about Scottish nationalism when you look at similar-sized neighbours in the Nordic region, Benelux and Ireland.
There’s no reason Scotland couldn’t improve its economy and the future of its people if it was cut loose from one of the most centralized and unbalanced economies in the world. | |
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| According to the Economist on 14:25 - Jul 10 with 316 views | GaryCooper |
| According to the Economist on 12:14 - Jul 10 by J2BLUE |
As someone else said, people struggle to look forward.
Ask them to think what their answers would be if covid was completely eradicated. I don't think the mask answer is anything to worry about Many, including me, find wearing a mask to be completely hassle free. It would make sense for places like the tube. |
If someone travels on the tube on a regular basis they should wear a mask, not to protect against microscopic viral particles but the asbestos dust that blows down the tunnels. |  | | |
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