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In reply to the discussion: Can you put down your pitchfork long enough to discuss the root causes of the anti-vax problem? [View all]NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)This is something I have been thinking about over the last couple of weeks. Some of the people I know who are ant-vaxx are some of the most intelligent and compassionate people I know. My comment about them not having great critical thinking skills was that inner "pitchforker" in me. It was wrong on my part. It is probably one of the more difficult parts of understanding them. Many are truly well adapted, highly intelligent, and very compassionate. An old friend of mine is an anti-vaxxer. I would never attempt to put my intelligence up against his. In my eyes he is brilliant. He has also dedicated his life toward the care of animals. He really does have the ambition to make it very well in business but instead dedicates himself to others. How did this person become so anti-Vaxx? Not sure I have the full answer for that but I do know it isn't due to a lack of intelligence or critical thinking skills.