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Spot on analysis by @NafeezAhmed on Toby Young et al's scientifically illiterate yet persistent disinformation campaign under the guise of 'lockdown sceptics' and specious free speech.
It is striking that his sunk costs are now far too great to reverse. https://bit.ly/3qm4jpX
It is striking that his sunk costs are now far too great to reverse. https://bit.ly/3qm4jpX
It takes courage to admit when one is wrong, especially when the stakes are so high. Or that you have pursued an ideology in spite of the evidence.
Being wrong, and reversing one's position is of course the hallmark of a good scientist, though of course not all of us do that successfully, because of the sunk costs, the investment in a particular position.
But I suppose that it must be paralysingly hard to do so when your entire career is dependent on that ideology. The psychological gymnastics involved must be hard.
Or not. Who knows.
Or not. Who knows.
Addendum: an assertion, from a man with literally no qualifications to make it, in the national press, which was perniciously unfounded. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/jan/14/daily-telegraph-rebuked-over-toby-youngs-herd-immunity-covid-column
And this thread by @NeilDotObrien. Note that Toby Young now deletes all his tweets to prevent what he calls ‘offence archeology’ but normal people call scrutiny. He is not keen on consequences, such as those that followed his many tweets about women’s anatomy. https://twitter.com/neildotobrien/status/1349701110588710916
