The key error the author makes is that he fails to Notice His Confusion. When something confuses you, you have to stop and figure out why you're wrong. You can'

The key error the author makes is that he fails to Notice His Confusion. When something confuses you, you have to stop and figure out why you're wrong. You can't be confused and right at the same time. If you are confused, then something you believe is false. So when a man known to be highly intelligent and very successful makes a statement which you find "bizarre", you don't write an article "Zuckerberg makes baffling statement", you think "Why am I baffled? Clearly I'm missing something about what's going on here", and you do more research. The concept 'I am confused' is not newsworthy. http://lesswrong.com/lw/if/your_strength_as_a_rationalist/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/if/your_strength_as_a_rationalist/