Humans are useless at managing a crisis; we revert to our primate selves. COVID was the death of Pragmatism and the birth of opinion-based science, permeated by YouTube experts, Facebook memes, and political opportunism. Sadly, if COVID had an exploding fecal component to it, we would all gladly give more personal space. The Pugilistic Ape endorses opinion over science.
Humans are useless at managing a crisis; we revert to our primate selves. COVID was the death of Pragmatism and the birth of opinion-based science, permeated by YouTube experts, Facebook memes, and political opportunism. Sadly, if COVID had an exploding fecal component to it, we would all gladly give more personal space. The Pugilistic Ape endorses opinion over science.