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in my own personal experience, my primary source of linus news comes from articles being posted about him ranting or cursing about something. i didn’t post thos

in my own personal experience, my primary source of linus news comes from articles being posted about him ranting or cursing about something. i didn’t post those. someone else did, and i read them. normally, i will follow these up with reading about various things about him and linux where he isn’t ranting, but those articles have been my portal to his world. why should i care to seek out more about one who i find is well known to throw e-mail tantrums, flip off cameras as a message to companies, etc.? please send your advice and condescending call for positivity to linus as well. :)

RobertRoberts 9y ago
The written form of communication lacks nuance. I genuinely hope you have a better day tomorrow.
pdkl95 9y ago
> my primary source of linus news comes from articles It's easy to fall into survivorship bias[1] when "news" is your only exposure to a topic. You are only seeing the extreme events that were "newsworthy". > why should i care to seek out more about one who i find is well known to throw e-mail tantrums Do you want to have an accurate understanding of reality or the distorted view limited to whatever was sensational/scandalous enough to be "newsworthy"? When knowledge is derived only from the extreme cases that make headlines, people start to believe inaccurate generalization like "black people are criminals", "Muslims are terrorists", or "gamers are antisocial nerds that might shoot up a school" even though all of these examples refer only to the most extreme members of the group[2]. > but those articles have been my portal to his world If you're going to make accusations about someone, you should probably check if those articles (aka indirect knowledge) are both accurate and representative. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Qd3erAPI9w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Qd3erAPI9w

RobertRoberts 9y ago

The written form of communication lacks nuance. I genuinely hope you have a better day tomorrow.

pdkl95 9y ago

> my primary source of linus news comes from articles It's easy to fall into survivorship bias[1] when "news" is your only exposure to a topic. You are only seeing the extreme events that were "newsworthy". > why should i care to seek out more about one who i find is well known to throw e-mail tantrums Do you want to have an accurate understanding of reality or the distorted view limited to whatever was sensational/scandalous enough to be "newsworthy"? When knowledge is derived only from the extreme cases that make headlines, people start to believe inaccurate generalization like "black people are criminals", "Muslims are terrorists", or "gamers are antisocial nerds that might shoot up a school" even though all of these examples refer only to the most extreme members of the group[2]. > but those articles have been my portal to his world If you're going to make accusations about someone, you should probably check if those articles (aka indirect knowledge) are both accurate and representative. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Qd3erAPI9w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Qd3erAPI9w