Does the list starting shortly after “Here are some examples of things” not fit that desire for more examples?
I think the trouble is that this theory predicts everything one can offer as an example of dark matter either 1. Something that used to be very discouraged and now isn’t as discouraged, like being gay or 2. Something that is currently very discouraged and therefore hidden, like being a sex worker. “What am I not seeing evidence for” is a hard thing to notice!
As far as I know, I don’t personally know anyone HIV positive. Maybe that’s because there aren’t many; a quick Google search suggests one in ten thousand Americans are positive, let’s say I know five hundred people, so it’s not weird I don’t happen to know anyone HIV positive.
I know one person who I know declined to get a covid vaccine, zero people who I know have declined all vaccines. I know one person who I know has disassociate identity disorder, zero people who I know have full no-memory-of-the-switch identities. I know one person I know believes the earth is flat, zero people who I know believe the world is run by lizard people. I know one person I know is into wearing animal ears during sex, zero people who I know are into wearing a fursuit during sex. Maybe it’s useful to think of the one-ofs you’ve met, and wonder if they’re way more common?
(In case the grammar got unclear above- I’m not claiming as an absolute fact that nobody I’m an acquaintance with falls into the second half of each of those. I’m saying if they’re there, they have successfully hidden it from me.)
That’s fair, I read the post but did not re-read it, and asking for “more” examples out of such a huge list seems a bit asking too much. Still though, I find the process of finding these examples somewhat fun, and for whatever reason, had not found many of them too shocking, so felt the instinct to keep searching.
Dissociative identity disorder would be an interesting case, I have heard there was much debate on whether it was real. As you know someone, I assume it’s not exactly like you see in movies, and probably falls on a spectrum as discussed in this post?
Does the list starting shortly after “Here are some examples of things” not fit that desire for more examples?
I think the trouble is that this theory predicts everything one can offer as an example of dark matter either 1. Something that used to be very discouraged and now isn’t as discouraged, like being gay or 2. Something that is currently very discouraged and therefore hidden, like being a sex worker. “What am I not seeing evidence for” is a hard thing to notice!
As far as I know, I don’t personally know anyone HIV positive. Maybe that’s because there aren’t many; a quick Google search suggests one in ten thousand Americans are positive, let’s say I know five hundred people, so it’s not weird I don’t happen to know anyone HIV positive.
I know one person who I know declined to get a covid vaccine, zero people who I know have declined all vaccines. I know one person who I know has disassociate identity disorder, zero people who I know have full no-memory-of-the-switch identities. I know one person I know believes the earth is flat, zero people who I know believe the world is run by lizard people. I know one person I know is into wearing animal ears during sex, zero people who I know are into wearing a fursuit during sex. Maybe it’s useful to think of the one-ofs you’ve met, and wonder if they’re way more common?
(In case the grammar got unclear above- I’m not claiming as an absolute fact that nobody I’m an acquaintance with falls into the second half of each of those. I’m saying if they’re there, they have successfully hidden it from me.)
That’s fair, I read the post but did not re-read it, and asking for “more” examples out of such a huge list seems a bit asking too much. Still though, I find the process of finding these examples somewhat fun, and for whatever reason, had not found many of them too shocking, so felt the instinct to keep searching.
Dissociative identity disorder would be an interesting case, I have heard there was much debate on whether it was real. As you know someone, I assume it’s not exactly like you see in movies, and probably falls on a spectrum as discussed in this post?