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He was fighting social proof. Because they viewed him as an outsider no amount of facts will convince them. They won't take his word for it and they won't spend
by BeetleB 3y ago
He was fighting social proof. Because they viewed him as an outsider no amount of facts will convince them. They won't take his word for it and they won't spend the time verifying his facts.
Been there many times. Including when a room full of programmers laughed at me for suggesting randomizing a list prior to using quick sort because "it messes up the big Oh complexity"
(Yes yes I know there are simpler ways to handle quick sort attacks but that wasn't why they were laughing)
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- kazinator 3y ago> Because they viewed him as an outsider no amount of facts will convince them. I am not able read that into the anecdote presented in the original comment.
- flashback2199 3y agoThey all but said it in the original comment: "My background is Biology so there were a few remarks about how "a biologist just doesn't know these things, lol""
- pgporada 3y agoThat sucks, those people sound like grade A assholes.