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> That's fine. You can have your opinions on whatever you want. I still don't think you can read papers from most fields :shrug:. That wasn't an argument in yo
by ghostwriter 5y ago
> That's fine. You can have your opinions on whatever you want. I still don't think you can read papers from most fields :shrug:.
That wasn't an argument in your original comment. You specifically said that people were not scientifically literate unless they were "experts".
> I don't choose my words that carefully, so this isn't the point you think it is.
One day you will discover that before you are able to make a point you need to learn to choose your words carefully first. Words, like science, have an exact meaning too.
> I said knowledgable as some wiggle room. Don't read too much into it.
Don't worry, I'm not taking you seriously yet, at least not until you define what precisely does "expert" mean. Nevertheless, it's fun to see how far you are willing to go with your comments without admitting your mistake.
> This is an insecurity you have with yourself, creating some weird definition of expert. Like I said, people hate to hear that their opinions don't matter.
Which insecurity? Please be specific about your words here too.
And let's finally check your premises. What's your definition of an "expert"?
- midev 5y ago> One day you will discover that before you are able to make a point you need to learn to choose your words carefully first. Words, like science, have an exact meaning too. One day you will discover that comments on HN don't matter. Also words do not have exact meanings. I suspect you're not an expert in linguistics, are you? ;). I mean it's kinda funny that you got one of the basic tenants of lingustics wrong, in trying to argue that non-experts opinions matter, lol. > And let's finally check your premises. What's your definition of an "expert"? I don't find debating definitions to be interesting. It's just an arbitrary line, and you'll argue with whatever line I pick. At the end of the day, it doesn't matter. You can fool yourself on social media. It fits in line with the anti-intellectualism of half the country, that think they can read a single study and then cock off about it.