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> Being perma-skeptic is as bad as being a perma-fanboy Not really? Perma-skeptic will be far more accurate than perma-fanboy. Depends on context but for exa
by matkoniecz 3y ago
> Being perma-skeptic is as bad as being a perma-fanboy
Not really?
Perma-skeptic will be far more accurate than perma-fanboy.
Depends on context but for example believing every get-rich-quick scheme will get you robbed by scammers, while perma-skeptic will miss very occasional actual opportunity.
Obviously catching and exploiting great opportunities would be even better, but of these two perma-skeptic is better.
- jacquesm 3y ago> Perma-skeptic will be far more accurate than perma-fanboy. That's not accuracy, that's statistics. Once you bias for the expected outcome the perma skeptic will be just as often wrong or right as the perma optimist. They have no information about the thing they are talking about, they only have information about that expected outcome based on previous observations. If they had information about the thing itself they wouldn't be wrong for those things that turn out to be true (but then, I guess they wouldn't be perma skeptics to begin with). So, a perma skeptic misses all of the real stuff and a perma optimist misses all of the bad stuff. Neither shows intelligence.
- fallingknife 3y agoPerma optimist has more fun, though
- jacquesm 3y agoThat's a fact.