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Wait. So. Multiple studies showing that the earth is round trumps my actual experience, with my eyeballs, outside? At least read the studies talk about and the
by daveed 6y ago
Wait. So. Multiple studies showing that the earth is round trumps my actual experience, with my eyeballs, outside?
At least read the studies talk about and their setups, otherwise this kind of sentiment is what also gives us all sorts of out-there beliefs.
- marcus_holmes 6y agoYou're talking about an objective reality. This article is talking about a subjective experience. The earth is a slightly flattened sphere regardless of what you or I choose to believe. Dark mode is more productive for me in my experience. And showing me concrete proof that other people are more productive in light mode is not going to change that. It's still going to be more productive for me regardless of how many other people find it less productive. I think this is the core of why we have such out-there beliefs at the moment: everyone believes they live in their own reality, and their subjective opinions trump objective reality. Partly, I think this is due to social sciences attempting to make objective reality out of statistical analysis of subjective opinions. A million people believing the earth is flat doesn't make it so, yet that's exactly what social science says.