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You shouldn't trust anybody other than yourself and your ability to recognise scientific consensus. This process is not easy and as goes for most things in life
by dojitza1 6y ago
You shouldn't trust anybody other than yourself and your ability to recognise scientific consensus. This process is not easy and as goes for most things in life, diversification is key. Basing your research on a single article/book/source is bad, and your confidence that you understand/are knowledgeable about a topic should rise as you do more research.
- neolog 6y agoYou can also trust individual people and institutions if you follow them for a while and know how they do things.
- Retric 6y agoThat’s only slightly marginally better than randomly trusting any well respected source. In the end no single source should ever be viewed as definitive. On the other hand you can’t spend all that much time researching every individual topic. Which is where the problem comes from, but trick is to hold options lightly.
- neolog 6y ago> That’s only slightly marginally better than randomly trusting any well respected source. Following someone's work for years is a much stronger signal than just checking their credentials imo.
- Retric 6y agoIt feels better, but in terms of actual evidence it’s not. One core issue is everyone makes mistakes, and nobody can research everything. So, the minimum error rate in all human content isn’t that great.
- thomasahle 6y ago> You shouldn't trust anybody other than yourself And probably not even that either.
- kergonath 6y agoYourself is the last person you should trust. It’s much easier to detect logical flaws in other people and be critical about what they say.
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- habitue 6y ago> You shouldn't trust anybody other than yourself Oh, definitely don't trust yourself. Everybody is wrong about almost everything, that includes yourself
- mensetmanusman 6y agoHide under a blanket?
- habitue 6y agoit's the only way
- jkhdigital 6y agoSo you’re saying trust nobody, not even yourself. Let me know how that’s working for ya
- habitue 6y agoI'd probably rephrase "trust" to "maintain appropriate confidence intervals on your beliefs" that being said, there's clearly something to trusting yourself beyond rational levels. How far would Kanye have gotten if not for boundless self belief?
- michaelcampbell 6y ago> You shouldn't trust anybody other than yourself and your ability to recognise scientific consensus. This is the anti-vaxxer motto, almost. I think I'll pass.
- jkhdigital 6y agoIf you are highly intelligent, and recognize your own ignorance, then this works quite well. Anti-vaxxers get it wrong because they lack intellectual humility.
- thu2111 6y agoI thought we'd stop using "anti vaxx" as a slur now most of Europe and multiple world leaders have spent the last four months spreading or consuming anti-vaxx propaganda. It's not like that's a fringe position anymore.
- michaelcampbell 6y ago> most of Europe and multiple world leaders have spent the last four months spreading or consuming anti-vaxx propaganda. What? MOST of Europe? When did this happen?
- thu2111 6y agoI guess it depends how you define it, but France, Germany, Italy, Denmark etc all have been suspending the AZ vaccine as 'dangerous' although the actual reports of side effects are far less than the claimed danger from COVID. I admit I haven't made a formal list of every country and ticked them off to see if it's literally >50% of countries, but it's certainly >50% of Europe by GDP at this point.
- michaelcampbell 5y agoThat's still a far cry from "spreading propaganda".
- vatican_banker 6y ago> ou shouldn't trust anybody other than yourself This is not good advice. I’d say find experts that you trust and be aware that these experts may commit mistakes as any other human. In short: find the experts that make the least mistakes.
- dojitza1 6y agoPerhaps I should have been more precise (since you ommited a key part of my sentence) in pointing out that any person on their own is probably wrong about a lot of things. Only by taking into consideration a large enough sample of opinions can you begin to formulate your own with sufficient confidence of it being correct. Outsorcing your opinions to an 'expert' is giving up critical thinking.