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They would also be aware of game theory, and may choose to use adblock but not tell anyone, or even actively campaign against it while using it themselves. I'm
by redthrowaway 15y ago
They would also be aware of game theory, and may choose to use adblock but not tell anyone, or even actively campaign against it while using it themselves.
I'm not suggesting smart people are unethical, but rather that ethicality and intelligence are fairly orthogonal, and that your proposed means seems to have more to do with the former than the latter.
As to the speculation, you are of course right. I'm just putting off studying. Speaking of which...
- alexgartrell 15y agoIt's also potentially the case that intelligent people recognize that it's silly to be completely upset over ads and that few sides with really obnoxious ads have good content in the first place. Perhaps, to them, it's just not worth the trouble. But neither is trying to convince anyone on the internet that you're smart in the first place.
- kingkilr 15y agoSo we're all just projecting what we do onto the smart people here, right?