Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

unthinking habit

French translation:

automatisme

Added to glossary by Paul Hirsh
Feb 7, 2006 15:42
18 yrs ago
English term

unthinking habit

Non-PRO English to French Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Q: If vaccines actually do harm, why are they given?
A: First of all, there is no "if". They do harm. It becomes a more difficult question to decide whether they do harm in those people who seem to show no harm. Then you are dealing with the kind of research which should be done, but isn't. Researchers should be probing to discover a kind of map, or flow chart, which shows exactly what vaccines do in the body from the moment they enter. This research has not been done. As to why they are given, we could sit here for two days and discuss all the reasons.
As you've said many times, at different layers of the system people have their motives: money, fear of losing a job, the desire to win brownie points, prestige, awards, promotion, misguided idealism, unthinking habit, and so on...

Proposed translations

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Selected

coutume irreflechi, automatisme coutumier

voyons
Peer comment(s):

agree LBMas : pourquoi pas "automatisme" tout court?
26 mins
effectivement, mais on pourrait facturer un mot de plus :)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "va pour automatisme ! merci"
7 mins

paresse intellectuelle?

C'est ce qui me vient à l'esprit. Les autres contextes disponibles sur Internet semblent le confirmer.
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28 mins

habitudes aveugles

une suggestion!
Peer comment(s):

agree RHELLER : ou habitudes inconscientes?
1 hr
merci Rita:-)
agree Jacques Desnoyers
1 day 2 hrs
merci Jacques :-)
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58 mins

manque de réflexion

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1 day 10 hrs

inertie

J'ai parfois entendu parler d'"inertie intellectuelle".
Il me semble que l'on pourrait utiliser cette expression dans ce contexte.
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