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Yeah this frustrates me too. I also see this when say HN or Reddit is talking about a topic I know very deeply. People say incorrect stuff often in those situat

by city41 3y ago

Yeah this frustrates me too. I also see this when say HN or Reddit is talking about a topic I know very deeply. People say incorrect stuff often in those situations, and it makes me think most situations we are spreading incorrect information.

withinboredom 3y ago
If I'm talking to a non-educated (in the subject matter) audience, I'll often aim for "correct enough" and people saying "well actually" is super annoying and confusing to everyone involved. There is always more to learn, and you can always go deeper into a subject, that doesn't mean everyone around you wants to go down that rabbit hole too; like 'cool flex bro.'
- lazide 3y ago
  As a counterpoint, the number of folks teaching ‘accessible’ information that sounds good, and may even be plausibly kinda correct - but is actually harmful to understanding what is actually happening. Or ancient aliens (as a ‘theory’). Which is rife.
  - withinboredom 3y ago
    Is that a thing? I kinda want to search for it ... but if I'm not seeing any ancient alien shenanigans, I want to keep it that way.
    - lazide 3y ago
      The AI generated content on YouTube is often 80% right, as is human generated by some channels, and sounds very plausible (and is sometimes very hard to identify!) - but is presenting hallucinated facts as reality for the other 20%. Quite convincingly too. It’s in almost all topics now, from the Ukraine War to cooking. And ancient aliens type stuff is all over the place - UFOs, pyramids, gov’t conspiracies of various forms, etc. Not just YouTube of course, but very visible there.
freedomben 3y ago
Agreed, though I will say on HN there are usually (nearly always) people on that are correcting the misinformation. Sometimes their voices are drowned out by down voters who vote on emotion or a sea of spouters, but at least there is good discussion. Compared to Reddit and other places, it's amazing.

by city41 3y ago

withinboredom 3y ago

If I'm talking to a non-educated (in the subject matter) audience, I'll often aim for "correct enough" and people saying "well actually" is super annoying and confusing to everyone involved. There is always more to learn, and you can always go deeper into a subject, that doesn't mean everyone around you wants to go down that rabbit hole too; like 'cool flex bro.'

lazide 3y ago
As a counterpoint, the number of folks teaching ‘accessible’ information that sounds good, and may even be plausibly kinda correct - but is actually harmful to understanding what is actually happening. Or ancient aliens (as a ‘theory’). Which is rife.
- withinboredom 3y ago
  Is that a thing? I kinda want to search for it ... but if I'm not seeing any ancient alien shenanigans, I want to keep it that way.
  - lazide 3y ago
    The AI generated content on YouTube is often 80% right, as is human generated by some channels, and sounds very plausible (and is sometimes very hard to identify!) - but is presenting hallucinated facts as reality for the other 20%. Quite convincingly too. It’s in almost all topics now, from the Ukraine War to cooking. And ancient aliens type stuff is all over the place - UFOs, pyramids, gov’t conspiracies of various forms, etc. Not just YouTube of course, but very visible there.

freedomben 3y ago

Agreed, though I will say on HN there are usually (nearly always) people on that are correcting the misinformation. Sometimes their voices are drowned out by down voters who vote on emotion or a sea of spouters, but at least there is good discussion. Compared to Reddit and other places, it's amazing.