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Real dangers for today. Follow John on Patreon, https://www.patreon.com/c/JohnCampbel... Ignaz Semmelweis was ridiculed 1846, Started Vienna General hospital Postpartum infection, purpureal fever, childbed fever, bacterial infection of the reproductive tract. Sepsis from infections acquired in a hospital, healthcare-associated infections (nosocomial) Home and street deliveries, low mortality 1847, death of Jakob Kolletschka Link between cadaveric contamination and purpureal fever "cadaverous particles" 1847, Instigated hand washing, chlorinated lime, calcium hypochlorite, mortality rate in the First Clinic declined 90% April 1847, mortality 18.3%. Hand washing started mid-May 1847 June 1847, 2.2% July 1847, 1.2%, August 1847, 1.9%. 1848, 2 months of 0% 1849, Semmelweis obliged to leave the obstetrical clinic 1850, left Vienna, "unable to endure further frustrations in dealing with the Viennese medical establishment" 1851 -1857, unpaid doctor in Pest Purpureal fever virtually eliminated, (8 out of 933, = 0.85%) Semmelweis's ideas not accepted by other obstetricians in Budapest 1861, Published Aetiology, concept and prophylaxis of childbed fever 1865, Committed to asylum by colleagues, beaten up, gangrenous would to hand, died 14 days later Semmelweis Reflex https://www.thebehavioralscientist.co... Or the “truth is the first casualty of war” Psychological phenomenon, rejection of new or novel ideas Rejection of anything that contradicts established norms, beliefs, paradigms of thought, even if ideas are well-supported by evidence. Semmelweis’s ideas were rejected AND he was ridiculed and ostracized. "Mob behaviour found among primates and larval hominids on undeveloped planets, in which a discovery of important scientific fact is punished". (TL, Harvard) So, people reject new ideas, without considering the evidence in support of them Belief perseverance Common barrier to innovation and progress How to avoid Semmelweis Reflex Eliminate compromise, financial, blackmail Eliminate vested interests Eliminate dictatorial organisations or individuals Control active suppression of new ideas Accept new ideas that do not make lots of money Don’t automatically censor new ideas Don’t able new ideas ad disinformation Be open-minded Carefully evaluate new ideas on their merits. Avoid conformation bias, favour information that is consistent with prior beliefs. Avoid authority bias, “doctors are gentlemen, and gentlemen’s hands are clean, (Charles Meigs). Avoid belief perseverance, adhere to their initial beliefs despite contradicting evidence. Avoid groupthink, where consensus overrides consideration of alternatives. Eliminate doublethink Eliminate Newspeak Don’t re-write history Critically evaluate beliefs that are taken for granted Use guided reflection Allow new thinking by the elimination of fear of punishment More free speech to allow circulation of new ideas, How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? Truth telling, War is peace, Freedom is slavery, Ignorance is strength. More system 2 thinking https://thedecisionlab.com/reference-... System 1 is fast, automatic, and intuitive, operating with little to no effort, (make quick decisions and judgments based on patterns and experiences). System 2 is slow, deliberate, and conscious, requiring intentional effort. Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis, 1818 - 1865 "saviour of mothers"