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skypilot

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6. This might be a good place to ask this.

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Mon Nov 3, 2025, 08:52 AM

Nov 3

I can't remember the name for the phenomenon the OP alludes to but there is a name for it when people think that something that has solved a problem isn't needed or necessary because they have never experienced the problem that has been solved by the very thing that they now want to get rid of. I was reading a discussion about this somewhere recently. Can anyone help me here?

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The "problem" with vaccines [View all] True Dough Nov 3 OP

Yes I have often thought vaccines are a victim of their own success. Irish_Dem Nov 3 #1

Exactly right. 80% of the population was born after Polio. marble falls Nov 3 #2

In the words of Douglas Adams lapfog_1 Nov 3 #3

One of my earliest memories is of my parents rushing to get me a polio vaccine. NNadir Nov 3 #4

People too dull to learn history and too stupid to think about it. . . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 3 #5

This might be a good place to ask this. skypilot Nov 3 #6

RFK syndrome ? KS Toronado Nov 3 #7

I can't think of a better word than "complacency." NNadir Nov 3 #8

Historical revisionism? progressoid Nov 3 #11

It seems to me this post needs another kick. NNadir Nov 3 #9

Kick!! Niagara Nov 3 #10

I wonder if eventually canetoad Nov 3 #12