tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421007530617008911.post6201834379492277171..comments2023-10-01T08:43:13.346-04:00Comments on New Me: A Fresh Start: The Ecological FallacyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421007530617008911.post-4888810830117239862011-04-27T03:09:29.112-04:002011-04-27T03:09:29.112-04:00I've been saying for a while now that the majo...I've been saying for a while now that the majority of fat stigma arises from the fact that most people assume that everyone else is exactly like they are -- genetically thin people look at genetically fat people and think that they must be doing what THEY THEMSELVES (the thin people) would have to do to get that fat; i.e., eat massive quantities of food and lie motionless 24/7. Now, thanks to this post, I have an intelligent-sounding term to throw around about what I'm saying. Thanks!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04117387362745030633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421007530617008911.post-82841613020368741122011-04-15T17:12:59.980-04:002011-04-15T17:12:59.980-04:00Yep. It's a dangerous fallacy, too, when healt...Yep. It's a dangerous fallacy, too, when health care providers fail to understand the statistical significance of data. Gets even worse when it turns out that the data is flawed, skewed, or otherwise biased. <br /><br />I used to believe in the paradigm of medical science. Now I see capitalism written all over it. Well. I see capitalism written all over many things, including the fate of our species. I would like to believe that humans (humanity) have gotten out of sticky wickets in the past, so humans can do it again...<br /><br />But once I believed in the tooth fairy. Too. :) <br /><br />RebeccaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421007530617008911.post-32691006193801979732011-04-14T20:56:13.480-04:002011-04-14T20:56:13.480-04:00I will file this one away beside metacognitive mis...I will file this one away beside metacognitive miscalibration...another one of my faves!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421007530617008911.post-21042531115642118372011-04-14T16:33:46.398-04:002011-04-14T16:33:46.398-04:00Yes! Light bulb moment. A very good expression, an...Yes! Light bulb moment. A very good expression, and explains a lot. People make these assumptions all the time. Thanks for posting this, I shall file that useful phrase away in my memory bank and use it when the appropriate time comes.Judithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13974206679853189199noreply@blogger.com