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by kukkeliskuu 753 days ago
Yes, people do not follow instructions. Policies should take that into account, and not be vbsed on unscientific overly optimistic beliefs about human behavior.

People would follow instructions better if they believed them to be based on facts. People were pressured to appear to follow instructions. That does not work well.

I don’t criticize making mistakes. I am criticizing lying to the public and using social pressure to force people to follow policies that are known to be ineffective.