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What's the qualifications of the author before I go and invest time to read his/her theories?

by codecamper 6y ago

ziga 6y ago
> Geeky entrepreneur https://www.linkedin.com/in/bert-hubert-b05452/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/bert-hubert-b05452/
- DangerousPie 6y ago
  So... “none”?
  - ahubert 6y ago
    Author here - the article has been read and retweeted by actual world class experts. Given that the article is now nearly two weeks old, I would have heard about any gross inaccuracies in there by now. There is some minor feedback and it needs a few tweaks, but overall it holds up really well.
hn_check 6y ago
It's Musk Syndrome -- be successful at something, to whatever degree, so think that a bit of Googling makes you an expert at everything, and that the world needs to hear your take. It's absolutely exhausting, and is easily the weakest element of sites like Hacker News. There is a certain sort of hubris in this industry that just foments this exaggerated sense of relevance to every topic.
- rpiguy 6y ago
  Nearly as tedious as listening to experts in lab coats make wild projections that were wildly off and basing policy on it. I’m very happy that we get lots of opinions from non-experts.
  - doliveira 6y ago
    Yeah, experts won't get everything right so let's listen to the ignorants... Pretty sure there is a phallacy that describes this line of thought. Multiple ones, probably.
    - guscost 6y ago
      Why don’t we listen to the information too, and decide for ourselves by thinking critically? Maybe even change our own minds sometimes? None of that is beyond my reasoning abilities, and I have a hard time believing that it is beyond yours. By the way the GP is criticizing the “appeal to authority” fallacy, and you are criticizing a form of the “argument to moderation” fallacy.
      - hn_check 6y ago
        "Appeal to authority" -- which is a huge red flag when it's brought up in a discussion, because it's usually an attempt to elevate nonsense as if all voices are equal and things like expertise and training/dedication aren't pertinent -- has zero relevance, and seems to be misunderstood a hundred times for every time it is actually understood. An appeal to authority is disputing widely understood information by citing an authority as if it is an override. e.g. "my doctor told me that vaccines don't work": Against hundreds of thousands of experts and professionals, and a widely understood body of evidence, someone cites a dubious authority as a counter argument. "My plumber says that lead makes you grow strong bones" "My accountant says that compounded interest is a myth". "My cousin has a chemistry degree and he says that global warming isn't real". Does that somehow mean that every layperson needs to fill the world with their hot take of noise about COVID-19? No, not at all. This does not follow. The argument to moderation claim makes even less sense, and I'm not sure you understand what it even is because it's woefully out of place.
        guscost 6y ago
        > an attempt to elevate nonsense as if all opinions are equal This is precisely the “argument to moderation” fallacy. I disagree with the rest, and will not comply with any part of your recommendation. If you think my opinion is “noise” then it is probably best for you to ignore it.
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jacobush 6y ago
It's not as much theories as science reporting.

What's the qualifications of the author before I go and invest time to read his/her theories?

ziga 6y ago

> Geeky entrepreneur https://www.linkedin.com/in/bert-hubert-b05452/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/bert-hubert-b05452/

DangerousPie 6y ago
So... “none”?
- ahubert 6y ago
  Author here - the article has been read and retweeted by actual world class experts. Given that the article is now nearly two weeks old, I would have heard about any gross inaccuracies in there by now. There is some minor feedback and it needs a few tweaks, but overall it holds up really well.

hn_check 6y ago

It's Musk Syndrome -- be successful at something, to whatever degree, so think that a bit of Googling makes you an expert at everything, and that the world needs to hear your take. It's absolutely exhausting, and is easily the weakest element of sites like Hacker News. There is a certain sort of hubris in this industry that just foments this exaggerated sense of relevance to every topic.

rpiguy 6y ago
Nearly as tedious as listening to experts in lab coats make wild projections that were wildly off and basing policy on it. I’m very happy that we get lots of opinions from non-experts.
- doliveira 6y ago
  Yeah, experts won't get everything right so let's listen to the ignorants... Pretty sure there is a phallacy that describes this line of thought. Multiple ones, probably.
  - guscost 6y ago
    Why don’t we listen to the information too, and decide for ourselves by thinking critically? Maybe even change our own minds sometimes? None of that is beyond my reasoning abilities, and I have a hard time believing that it is beyond yours. By the way the GP is criticizing the “appeal to authority” fallacy, and you are criticizing a form of the “argument to moderation” fallacy.
    - hn_check 6y ago
      "Appeal to authority" -- which is a huge red flag when it's brought up in a discussion, because it's usually an attempt to elevate nonsense as if all voices are equal and things like expertise and training/dedication aren't pertinent -- has zero relevance, and seems to be misunderstood a hundred times for every time it is actually understood. An appeal to authority is disputing widely understood information by citing an authority as if it is an override. e.g. "my doctor told me that vaccines don't work": Against hundreds of thousands of experts and professionals, and a widely understood body of evidence, someone cites a dubious authority as a counter argument. "My plumber says that lead makes you grow strong bones" "My accountant says that compounded interest is a myth". "My cousin has a chemistry degree and he says that global warming isn't real". Does that somehow mean that every layperson needs to fill the world with their hot take of noise about COVID-19? No, not at all. This does not follow. The argument to moderation claim makes even less sense, and I'm not sure you understand what it even is because it's woefully out of place.
      - guscost 6y ago
        > an attempt to elevate nonsense as if all opinions are equal This is precisely the “argument to moderation” fallacy. I disagree with the rest, and will not comply with any part of your recommendation. If you think my opinion is “noise” then it is probably best for you to ignore it.

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jacobush 6y ago

It's not as much theories as science reporting.