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Podcast: The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast
Episode: How to Deal with Arbitrary Claims: Lessons from the Pandemic
Description: In this episode of New Ideal Live, Nikos Sotirakopoulos and Mike Mazza are joined by Dr. Amesh Adalja to discuss the phenomenon of skepticism towards COVID-19 vaccines. They argue that this skepticism is based on arbitrary claims made in disregard of actual evidence and explain how to assess and respond to such claims.
Among the topics covered:
Adalja’s analysis of alleged dangers and actual side effects of mRNA vaccines;
Why claims made without real evidence are arbitrary, and how to respond to arbitrary claims;
Why anti-vaccine attitudes have increased even as vaccines have demonstrably quelled the pandemic;
How to as...