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I used to believe that more education would help, but today it seems that the most educated are most likely to spread these dangerous kinds of misinformation, w

I used to believe that more education would help, but today it seems that the most educated are most likely to spread these dangerous kinds of misinformation, whereas uneducated people are most likely to question it. The educated seem to be more dangerous if for no other reason than they control the media.

dinkblam 4y ago
> the most educated are most likely to spread these dangerous kinds good observation and i completely see your point, but are those people really educated in a scientific sense (and know their confidence intervals) or did they just finish their liberal arts degree and learn some french words?
Jonovono 4y ago
Something I have noticed too, and it seems to be a common trend many are noticing. What do you think causes it? Anyone know any studied terms to explain this? My thinking was that "smart" people are busier and outsource their thinking in other aspects to media they can trust. If that media lies to them, they are smart, so they don't want to admit they were wrong. They are too smart to be fooled! But I don't know if that explanation holds up.
- jl6 4y ago
  D&D explained it well: intelligence is a separate stat to wisdom.
- anon291 4y ago
  Honestly, I have no idea. Being somewhat educated and by all other metrics part of the 'elite' I am flummoxed by people demographically like myself [1]. [1] By other metrics I mean, I live in a West Coast coastal city, in a rich neighborhood, work in tech, educated, etc. By all measurements I should be like others, but I'm not.
  - puffoflogic 4y ago
    > but I'm not. What if I told you that every single one of them tells themselves the exact same thing? You wouldn't believe me of course. But then, neither would they believe you. You probably believe as much nonsense as they do, but you've only noticed what is actually a very small non-overlapping slice of the very large overlapping collection of nonsense beliefs you share with them.

dinkblam 4y ago

> the most educated are most likely to spread these dangerous kinds good observation and i completely see your point, but are those people really educated in a scientific sense (and know their confidence intervals) or did they just finish their liberal arts degree and learn some french words?

Jonovono 4y ago

Something I have noticed too, and it seems to be a common trend many are noticing. What do you think causes it? Anyone know any studied terms to explain this? My thinking was that "smart" people are busier and outsource their thinking in other aspects to media they can trust. If that media lies to them, they are smart, so they don't want to admit they were wrong. They are too smart to be fooled! But I don't know if that explanation holds up.

jl6 4y ago
D&D explained it well: intelligence is a separate stat to wisdom.
anon291 4y ago
Honestly, I have no idea. Being somewhat educated and by all other metrics part of the 'elite' I am flummoxed by people demographically like myself [1]. [1] By other metrics I mean, I live in a West Coast coastal city, in a rich neighborhood, work in tech, educated, etc. By all measurements I should be like others, but I'm not.
- puffoflogic 4y ago
  > but I'm not. What if I told you that every single one of them tells themselves the exact same thing? You wouldn't believe me of course. But then, neither would they believe you. You probably believe as much nonsense as they do, but you've only noticed what is actually a very small non-overlapping slice of the very large overlapping collection of nonsense beliefs you share with them.