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> hand-hold on an important topic I assume that things available only as youtube video, unavailable in a text form are unimportant. (not all things in text fo
by matkoniecz 6y ago
> hand-hold on an important topic
I assume that things available only as youtube video, unavailable in a text form are unimportant.
(not all things in text form are important, but it is a nice filter that basically always works)
- arminiusreturns 6y agoI think that is a very limited and closed mindset that inherently precludes a lot of first hand source information. something about leading a horse to water I suppose
- lanstin 6y agoThe first and most important skill needed for the internet to be a net gain for a persons understanding is the ability to quickly develop and modify heuristics to filter out bad data. Filtering good data is fine, the truth repeats itself in many formulations, but believing bad data or even spending too long noticing it is bad and you are worse off than just using a library and books.
- arminiusreturns 6y agoHand waving cliches are not a strong foundation for truth seeking.