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I think your observation actually strengthens the parent comment’s point that people are more capable than they realize in researching and holding opinions on t
by SomeOldThrow 7y ago
I think your observation actually strengthens the parent comment’s point that people are more capable than they realize in researching and holding opinions on the world. Political pundits you see on cable, for instance, have largely the same credibility as the rest of us. What makes them pundits is that they’re paid for their opinion.
Edit: rereading the comments I think you may not have been trying to be contrary at all—my apologies for implying you were.
- saulrh 7y agoI do think there's a difference between researching and holding an opinion and researching and holding an opinion that can be used to form accurate predictions about the future. I think that one of the things that's happening to us with social networks and such is that we're realizing that it is not always the case that more and freer information leads to better decisions. People have plenty of time and opportunity to do research now. They do not have the time and opportunity to learn to do good research.