Now for my non-sarcastic post...
You mean the belief in something without logic or reason?
Will people do as they are told when it clearly has a benefit
With all do respect HERESY, it's hard to be
told anything on a message board by someone you've never met (speaking for the majority of course). I'm not saying you're not a stand up guy or anything like that, but let’s look at this sensibly: a person on a gangsta rap message boards warns users to immediately get a med kit if they live in a certain region. These seems to imply that something is about to go down. Seems a bit suspect doesn't it?
or will they wallow and walk around like chickens with their heads cut off.
Why say they wallow and walk like headless chickens simply because they do not take someone on a message board seriously?
There isn’t much logic in doing what your told unless you know why your doing it.
If I told everyone to throw away one left sneaker out their bedroom window and to please not ask questions just do it, people would likely think I have a few screws loose.
As I said before, if it happens 4 minutes from now or four months from now the greater emphasis should be if you have an emergency kit availiable in case an emergency happens.
What kind of emergency kit are we talking about here? Yes, they can come in handy in the event of being stung by a bee, scraping ones knee on the pavement or burning your finger while smoking a bowl. Now, say in the event of, oh I don't know I’m just throwing stuff out there- a terrorist attack like the twin towers, chemical warfare or a nuclear bomb, there’s not much band aids and ointment will do.