Didn’t sound that much like Nixon to me.

What most don’t seem to understand is that SVB had plenty of assets. They just didn’t have enough cash on hand and foolishly pre-announced a cash raise which caused the investor to pull out and then a run on the bank.

The reason the US Government is willing to guarantee all depositors is because they know they can find a buyer.

During the 2008 crisis no credit unions ran into any problems either because they tend to be pretty conservative.

Yes, it is. In fact, it’s the only logical conclusion and is the entire point of the article. This is getting tiresome.

Deductive reasoning. These are people close to them (friends and colleagues). The only reason to avoid learning the truth about them is that they already trust them. If they don’t trust them, then finding out the truth would only further confirm that they are right not to do so. This is basic human psychology.

From the article:

“…most people stated that they wanted to avoid finding out that one of their colleagues or family members was a Stasi informant and that viewing those files would impact their ability to trust others.”

I’m not making any assumptions. The article makes this abundantly clear.

Because the article says they are deliberately choosing ignorance. The only way that makes sense is if they already trust them. If they didn’t trust them, they’d be more likely to want to confirm their distrust by getting more evidence that supports it.

The point was they knowingly chose not to find out if someone they knew was not trustworthy to avoid being unable to trust them.

The conflict is between believing they are trustworthy and knowing they may not be.

Right but they know if they look, there’s some chance that someone they currently trust would no longer be trustable so they choose to not look.

I did read it. They know that it’s likely some people they currently trust would no longer be trustable if they looked into it. So they choose not to do so. That’s the entire point of the article.

They want to believe that people around them are honest and trustworthy so they are choosing to ignore what they know will contradict that. Thus they know the information is contradictory. They are simply not looking to avoid the specifics.

It’s that too.

Cognitive Dissonance is the belief in contradictory information which is exactly the issue here.

Sure it is. They care about truth but also don’t want to know it.

From Wikipedia: In the field of psychology, cognitive dissonance is the perception of contradictory information, and the mental toll of it.

> Aside from claiming that the information is not relevant, most people stated that they wanted to avoid finding out that one of their colleagues or family members was a Stasi informant and that viewing those files would impact their ability to trust others.

Hey look! Cognitive Dissonance!

Billy Zane and Kate Winslet look great but the last one of Leonardo Di Caprio doesn’t look like him at all.

In the 70s Nissan sold in the US under the name Datsun but the engines were labeled “Nissan”.

I didn’t know that. Interesting.

To quote Neil Peart from the Rush song, “Freewill”:

If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

Pretty sure polar bears are the most dangerous land animals a person can encounter.

So why oh why isn’t the company called Toyoda? The founder’s name was Toyoda. All things considered, that would be a way better name.

CRISPR is more discovery than invention as it’s the cell’s existing system for fixing errors in your DNA. So you already have it.

I’m sure vaccines may have been controversial for some initially too even though like CRISPR, they use the body’s immune system. A traditional dead virus vaccine makes your body think you have the virus so it prepares to fight it. When the real live virus comes along, the immune system is prepared.

So we now are starting to use CRISPR to fix/change other things. This one (brain cancer) is a great example. Could it be used for evil? Sure so could many things we use every day. A car can be used to quickly get you from home to work but it can also be used a weapon.

I’m 59.

CRISPR is one of the most significant discoveries of the past 50 years.