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Information isn't the opposite of information. You more or less sum up my reaction to your suggestion with this (rather telling) phrase: "you'll make yourself
by davelnewton 10y ago
Information isn't the opposite of information.
You more or less sum up my reaction to your suggestion with this (rather telling) phrase:
"you'll make yourself superstitious"
(Emphasis mine.)
- syllogism 10y agoI don't think I understand your comment. What I'm saying is that if you read these studies, you'll become less informed over time. You will believe fewer true things and more false things. I think it's reasonable to call that the opposite of information
- davelnewton 10y agoI will? No, no I won't. And no, you don't become less-informed by taking in information. You become ill-informed if you choose to believe incomplete, partial, or misleading information. But that's your choice. Some people read a fairy tale and believe it--not the fairy tale's fault. To me it seems like you're absolving yourself of responsibility. If I don't understand the nature of a study then I take it for what it is: a report about results of a study I don't understand. I choose whether or not to believe it based on partial data. It doesn't make me believe it. I may believe it, or parts of it, or none of it. I make that decision.