JoshuaZ comments on Open Thread, Feb. 2 - Feb 8, 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: JoshuaZ 03 February 2015 03:16:49AM 4 points [-]

Is there some reason you consider the anti-vaccination movement as closer to this than any other alternative health movement?

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 03 February 2015 03:39:13AM -1 points [-]

The level of urgency seems a lot higher.

Comment author: JoshuaZ 03 February 2015 03:46:49AM 0 points [-]

One sees similar urgency claims in the extreme end of the organic food movement and similar purity focused food ideas.

Comment author: Torello 03 February 2015 03:25:07PM -1 points [-]

I think she means urgency from the perspective of the general population; many people are at risk if a growing number of people stop getting vaccines.

I think members of the organic food movement feel that their cause is urgent, but members of the general population are not put in danger by their decision to eat organic food and therefore don't have urgent feelings about it.