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Everyone I've ever talked to that listens to JRE thinks what they say on it is generally correct. I guess you can't stop people from being idiots, but there's

• blitzar 5y ago
  > Everyone I've ever talked to that listens to JRE thinks what they say on it is generally correct. I have tuned in reasonably regularly. I think what they say on there is generally what the person saying it believes to be correct.
  • croon 5y ago
    That I agree with, but that wasn't what I meant, and judging from anecdata, not everyone can make that distinction. It's easy to be convinced by presentation rather than content.
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• naasking 5y ago
  > Everyone I've ever talked to that listens to JRE thinks what they say on it is generally correct. "Generally correct" is a much lower bar than "always correct". It might even be a bar that JRE can pass. Edit: where they're talking about factual matters I mean, not where they talk about aliens, big foot, and other obviously outlandish ideas where they're clearly just shooting the breeze.