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A lot of people could benefit from more skepticism. Thinking things through is not just work but it can be a hell of a lot of work. People naturally don’t like
by ohiovr 8y ago
A lot of people could benefit from more skepticism. Thinking things through is not just work but it can be a hell of a lot of work. People naturally don’t like to work. It is easy and fun to think someone’s pipe dream will provide energy without cost. And it is easy to think that the such and such ethnic group is the cause of all our problems instead of thorough analysis of the issues.
The internet is mostly ok (besides the occasional bgp attack)
The web is really mostly rubbish though.
There is no way to fix the fact that a lot of people are wrong on the web. Anymore I don’t feel a huge need to try to correct people.
- Droobfest 8y ago> A lot of people could benefit from more skepticism. Thinking things through is not just work but it can be a hell of a lot of work. People naturally don’t like to work. It is easy and fun to think someone’s pipe dream will provide energy without cost. And it is easy to think that the such and such ethnic group is the cause of all our problems instead of thorough analysis of the issues. Could you maybe also benefit from more scepticism of your own opinions? I ask this, because of the way you project the opinion of a 'wrong' group of people with two simplified strawmen. I don't think many people exist in the way presented. At least not in a quantity that makes the web rubbish. It's easy to think other people are simplifying things too much, but maybe that's just an oversimplification itself..
- ohiovr 8y agoWe are allowed to be wrong. That is why I don’t care to correct random people anymore.
- DyslexicAtheist 8y ago> Anymore I don’t feel a huge need to try to correct people. agree, if anything confrontation only leads to their views getting more cemented in the way they already are. Kahneman & Tversky make for interesting reading here.