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> people who talk about things they know nothing about convincingly enough for those who also know nothing about the topic. Exactly. This is what a room full o
by knzhou 7y ago
> people who talk about things they know nothing about convincingly enough for those who also know nothing about the topic.
Exactly. This is what a room full of smooth talkers looks like: two top journalists agreeing on national TV that 500 million divided by 327 million is greater than 1 million.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2020/03/06/msnbcs_brian_williams_new_york_times_editorial_board_member_mara_gay_five_divided_by_three_equals_one_million.html https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2020/03/06/msnbcs_br...
- IAmEveryone 7y agoYou’re judging people by some stupid mistake that could have any of a million reasons. Maybe their monitors are small and they couldn’t read it, or they were thinking about whatever was coming up. Your criticism seems motivated by some prior grudges against these people. For leadership Postillions, I’d prefer someone bad at math over anyone this petty.