So who are those people who are only cautious about the COVID-19 vaccine? How should we call them? I am personally cautious of COVID-19 vaccines because of quick time of development, and financial incentives everywhere, but most importantly, because it would poke my immune system which usually results in flare-ups in my case, and I would like to avoid flare-ups. Plus, I very rarely go outside, so I do not pose a risk to anyone, nor am I able to catch it from anyone. That said, I have been quarantined with a COVID-19 positive person for 2 weeks or so. He was asymptomatic, and I had no symptoms at all either, although no clue if I ever got it from him. I am also in a more or less safe age group. Those are my reasons for passing. Sounds fair, or am I a conspiracy theorist? I do not mind vaccines. I got a hepatitis B vaccine a couple of years ago, twice, and I would not mind getting it again if I have to. I got all the other mandatory vaccines, too, when I was a kid. I do not think that it was a mistake.

> Not the person you're replying to, but empirically I'd say that it's pretty accurate.

Empirically, everyone would say that their worldview is accurate, including conspiracy theorists. An interesting question is: who is actually correct (if we were to examine each given situation in detail using strict logic and epistemology)?

> I don't know a single person who's into just one conspiracy theory. It's either none or the whole package.

I know plenty who are into only some - in fact I am one of them, and I'd be happy to answer any questions you may have.

There's no doubt that such things exist in quantities > 0, but when you say "X is into Y" and X is a large group of people, shall we be concerned about the percentage of group X who are actually into Y?

And if not, then who are we to criticize members of X for being into things for which they do not have supporting evidence?

Look at the thinking on display in this thread - if we abstract it above the object (topic) level, would we not discover that all people think like conspiracy theorists, if perhaps to a lesser degree? Does anyone care whether all the things they believe to be true are actually true?

And, since we have little if any measurements on the matter, what shall we make of the substantial percentage of mainstream beliefs that members of group X are(!) worse than normal people? It is an artifact of people's imaginations, as are the beliefs of members of group X - and, each group laughs at the stupidity of the other, day after day, year after year - an infinite loop.

Imagine if we programmed computers the way we think about the world, what a mess that would be.

The lack of data and excess of heuristics, and that no one seems to realize this, or care.