I realize a lot of people are confused and shocked with everything rolling out, even though many have been warning about this for a couple of years. Did they think people were kidding? I think a lot of strange confusion can be chalked up to normalcy bias, which is still very dangerous to our safety.
The Decision Lab – Why do we believe that nothing bad is going to happen? The Normalcy Bias, explained. The normalcy bias describes our tendency to underestimate the possibility of disaster and believe that life will continue as normal, even in the face of significant threats or crises.