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There should be a 'rule' (in the style of Godwin's or similar) regarding people making overly reductive, grand statements in areas way outside of their expertis
by Eisenstein 3y ago
There should be a 'rule' (in the style of Godwin's or similar) regarding people making overly reductive, grand statements in areas way outside of their expertise.
- bayindirh 3y agoSometimes knowledgeable people ask dumb questions on purpose. :D
- Eisenstein 3y agoThat's not what I mean though -- what I mean is like saying 'just add more lanes and that will fix traffic', and not knowing how wrong you are since the reason it won't work is not intuitive.
- bryanlarsen 3y agoThe OP didn't break that rule. They asked a question, they didn't make a statement.
- szundi 3y agoActually he wrote “gearing does not make sense” - something based on every car having gearing makes me wonder this might make sense Also he asked a question
- bryanlarsen 3y ago"does not make sense" means "I do not understand", implying to me he wants to be enlightened. If you're trying to be generous, which you should be.