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I have a corollary to Sturgeon's Law: "Most people are wrong, most of the time, and the people that are right, are usually right by accident." I thought of thi
by cjohnson318 4y ago
I have a corollary to Sturgeon's Law: "Most people are wrong, most of the time, and the people that are right, are usually right by accident."
I thought of this after listening to someone smugly quote one dead economist after another, while we both knew full well that all those economists were mostly wrong about everything.
- fredrikholm 4y agoA (structurally similar) variation of Gorgias 'On Non-Existence' argument! Another famous one being Lem's law: > No one reads; if someone does read, he doesn’t understand; if he understands, he immediately forgets.
- swayvil 4y agoThere's also It Is Difficult to Get a Man to Understand Something When His Salary Depends Upon His Not Understanding It. (Upton Sinclair) Simplified: Reason serves desire