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Why does everyone automatically assume this explanation is correct? Based on the photo, it looks to me like a real leaf in the foreground, probably having falle

Why does everyone automatically assume this explanation is correct? Based on the photo, it looks to me like a real leaf in the foreground, probably having fallen at the perfect time to create this photo. I would be curious to hear Apple's explanation on this...

vmception 5y ago
> Why does everyone automatically assume this explanation is correct? because they want to. thats how the internet works right now, it mirrors your greatest gripe or nightmare, which is exactly when you should have the most skepticism.
- krapp 5y ago
  Except the leaf isn't so close to the foreground that it completely obscures the person's head, and there is clearly other distortion/artifacting in the image. Something more than that is going on. Useful skepticism actually takes evidence into account, rather than dismissing claims at a glance, or because "thats how the internet works right now."
  - vmception 5y ago
    https://twitter.com/mitchcohen/status/1476951534160257026 https://twitter.com/mitchcohen/status/1476951534160257026
    - krapp 5y ago
      Yep, fair enough I have to eat those words. Although to be fair(er), people didn't believe otherwise because, as you insisted, they were buying mindlessly into some internet hype/rage generator "mirroring their latest gripe or nightmare." The original photo did look odd and it generated a lot of interesting discussion. Honestly, it still does to me. While that reasoning was (kind of) correct (the leaf didn't fall at just the right time, it was attached to a branch,) both you and root_axis above assumed people were being driven by stupidity rather than curiosity, which is still an attitude we could use a lot less of.
      - vmception 5y ago
        If it must be said, I do think there is some merit to what you are saying. Now for my defensive response: stupidity of the respondents isn't my assumption, its their lack of considering other possibilities. user error of OP and the assumption OP went with does verge more closely towards something I would call stupid. but these are your words, I’m saying it was an obvious circumstance to ignore the crowd specifically because of internet crowd trends. And unsurprisingly to me, in hindsight, that turned out to be correct. The internet mirrors the desired predisposition because people troll, a lot.
      - root_axis 5y ago
        I never attributed stupidity to anyone. Why are you saying that? > Which is still an attitude we could use a lot less of. The attitude we could use less of is the one where you project your own false ideas about other people's thoughts onto their comments.

vmception 5y ago

> Why does everyone automatically assume this explanation is correct? because they want to. thats how the internet works right now, it mirrors your greatest gripe or nightmare, which is exactly when you should have the most skepticism.

krapp 5y ago
Except the leaf isn't so close to the foreground that it completely obscures the person's head, and there is clearly other distortion/artifacting in the image. Something more than that is going on. Useful skepticism actually takes evidence into account, rather than dismissing claims at a glance, or because "thats how the internet works right now."
- vmception 5y ago
  https://twitter.com/mitchcohen/status/1476951534160257026 https://twitter.com/mitchcohen/status/1476951534160257026
  - krapp 5y ago
    Yep, fair enough I have to eat those words. Although to be fair(er), people didn't believe otherwise because, as you insisted, they were buying mindlessly into some internet hype/rage generator "mirroring their latest gripe or nightmare." The original photo did look odd and it generated a lot of interesting discussion. Honestly, it still does to me. While that reasoning was (kind of) correct (the leaf didn't fall at just the right time, it was attached to a branch,) both you and root_axis above assumed people were being driven by stupidity rather than curiosity, which is still an attitude we could use a lot less of.
    - vmception 5y ago
      If it must be said, I do think there is some merit to what you are saying. Now for my defensive response: stupidity of the respondents isn't my assumption, its their lack of considering other possibilities. user error of OP and the assumption OP went with does verge more closely towards something I would call stupid. but these are your words, I’m saying it was an obvious circumstance to ignore the crowd specifically because of internet crowd trends. And unsurprisingly to me, in hindsight, that turned out to be correct. The internet mirrors the desired predisposition because people troll, a lot.
    - root_axis 5y ago
      I never attributed stupidity to anyone. Why are you saying that? > Which is still an attitude we could use a lot less of. The attitude we could use less of is the one where you project your own false ideas about other people's thoughts onto their comments.