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I like how the internet gives everyone an opportunity to voice their opinion. Unfortunately it means every random person can write something that sound authorit
by rr808 4y ago
I like how the internet gives everyone an opportunity to voice their opinion. Unfortunately it means every random person can write something that sound authoritative even though there is no accuracy.
The title is something lots of people are interested in, but then the author has lists sources, no evidence and doesn't even write a profile about who they are.
- necovek 4y agoYou make it sound as if there's something wrong with that? As you point out, it's obvious none of the claims are supported by evidence, and there is no appeal to authority ("this is who I am"), which qualifies this as an opinion, and should be taken as such. Which means that any reasonable person should, before they make their own opinion, look for evidence for or contradictions to the posted opinion, and use that to make a more informed opinion. Now, the fact that a majority of internet readers are not reasonable is where we should be worried, not about someone sharing their opinion in a modern day bar. (Interestingly, the fact that those same people never thought to critically look at "official" news on TV/newspapers is a symptom of the same problem before the internet.)