RE: Ecotrain’s QOTW: A Perfect Day In An Imperfect World
Every fact can have different conclusions drawn about it from different people. If only a few people's conclusions are being allowed to count, because the information is being withheld from everyone else, then what if that is the wrong conclusion?
For example, data was collected on average sleep patterns and lifespan. Those that died younger had an average of over 8 hours sleep a night, while those who lived longer had an average of 8 hours or less. The conclusion drawn by some was that those who sleep longer at night, die younger. Another group realised that people who are sick sleep more in order for their bodies to try and heal. So the shorter life span may have had more to do with sickness than sleeping, but the symptom of the sickness was an average increase in sleeping hours.
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If you can see an advantage in withholding a particular piece of information (say you believe that a scientific study is correct because it was done over a long time on a large group of people), then it all becomes about if you will put society first or your self instead. And then is the personal gain worth the sacrifice of the common good.