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Wow! A lot of downvotes this time with no comment! That's how I know it was a good idea! And I should keep making the comment over and over regardless of how un
by ilaksh 5y ago
Wow! A lot of downvotes this time with no comment! That's how I know it was a good idea! And I should keep making the comment over and over regardless of how unpopular it is. Because the unpopularity of my comment is a hint that I know something that other people do not.
- AnimalMuppet 5y ago> Because the unpopularity of my comment is a hint that I know something that other people do not. It may be. Or it may be that you're saying something that's obviously bogus to everyone else. Downvotes only give you one bit of information, and it's orthogonal to the "right/wrong" axis.
- ilaksh 5y agoBogus in what way I wonder? Historically, ideas that were "obviously bogus" were often unpopular.
- UncleMeat 5y agoAnd many ideas that are actually wrong are also unpopular. "I'm right because they don't like me" is not the best reasoning.
- AnimalMuppet 5y agoYeah. "Right ideas are often unpopular" is not logically the same as "unpopular ideas are usually right".