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Did you read the post I linked in? It's says that the incoming information aka. news are irrelevant to our life and we should just ignore them. There are no rea
by NumberCruncher 10y ago
Did you read the post I linked in? It's says that the incoming information aka. news are irrelevant to our life and we should just ignore them. There are no real issues you have to act on. If a hurricane is coming, you will know it without reading the news.
Therefore bias and misinformation are also irrelevant to our life.
Just to have a counterpoint to this news obsessed discussion.
- grzm 10y agoYes, I did read the post you linked to. I am also responding to the quote you provided. I should think that you quoted it because you thought it was particularly relevant or representative, did you not? Edited to add: I also found it frustrating that a post arguing against reading the news includes a "You should follow me on twitter here" link at the bottom. Please don't insinuate that someone hasn't read an article. "Did you even read the article? It mentions that" can be shortened to "The article mentions that." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- NumberCruncher 10y ago>> I should think that you quoted it because you thought it was particularly relevant or representative, did you not? And that's why I started it with "sorry for the offtopic". You do not always read what you want to but what you have to. I just try to correct the bias I am concerned about. Lessons learned: - bias is subjective - there are people who like to stay in their own biased world Am I relevant enough now? Cheers!
- grzm 10y agoI understood your "Sorry for the offtopic" to refer to your entire comment. I expected the quote to be relevant or representative with respect to the post you linked to.