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> I love Buffett, but probably it's expected to be convinced by whatever you're consuming right now. Do you mean “those people are notorious for a reason, they
by unkulunkulu 6y ago
> I love Buffett, but probably it's expected to be convinced by whatever you're consuming right now.
Do you mean “those people are notorious for a reason, they can convice” or “our minds are susceptible to believing something we hear repeated several times”?
- ta1234567890 6y agoWhy not both?
- riffraff 6y agoI believe the first is likely true, but I was thinking of the latter: most investing arguments are reasonable and when there is no contradictory it's easy for our brain to be swayed into believing what you're hearing. I think this is true of all topics. Unless you already know about something you may believe what you're told if it seems reasonable, see also the Gell-Mann amnesia effect.