> When the average person proposes an implausible-sounding idea, its implausibility is evidence of their incompetence. I mean, this is basically QAnon, antivax

> When the average person proposes an implausible-sounding idea, its implausibility is evidence of their incompetence. I mean, this is basically QAnon, antivaxxers, creationists and trickle-down economists in a nutshell. That said . . . > Are they mistaken, or are you? One of you has to be. By default I assume I'm in the wrong. There's just so many domains of knowledge, the probability of me having enough depth of even more than a handful is highly unlikely. The hard part is distinguishing those who are domain experts, and those who are not, when you are not a domain expert. > If you're the one who's mistaken, that would be good to know, because it means there's a hole in your model of the world. And I love viewing everything as a mental model, because, well, it is, plus models are plastic: they can be changed. Asimov's "Relativity of Wrong" comes to mind.