Monthly Archives: January 2021

Same old patterns: Exaggerated fear… manipulation by apocalyptic prophets… incited survival response… widespread embrace of harmful “salvation” policies.

Posted on January 25, 2021 by Wendell Krossa

Same old patterns: There is a direct line from correlated causal factors to related responses. Apocalyptic-scale alarms incite survival fear in populations. Exaggerated fear leads to irrational acceptance of mythical apocalyptic scenarios and embrace of related harmful salvation schemes. The … Continue reading →

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Understanding apocalyptic alarmism and its anti-science mythology.

Posted on January 8, 2021 by Wendell Krossa

My own definition: Alarmism exaggerates legitimate problems out to apocalyptic scale with ‘end-of-days’ scenarios (i.e. apocalypse), speculating far beyond credible evidence, thereby distorting the true state of things. From Wikipedia: “Alarmism is excessive or exaggerated alarm about a real or … Continue reading →

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