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> It's easy to think people are being obtuse and sticking their heads in the sand, but this was the first time someone with expertise he trusted actually came o
by jncfhnb 3y ago
> It's easy to think people are being obtuse and sticking their heads in the sand, but this was the first time someone with expertise he trusted actually came out and showed him first hand.
Because he obtusely refused to trust all prior experts because he thought he knew better than them.
“It’s not real until it affects me personally” is a disgusting attitude
- autoexec 3y agoIt's also extremely common though. We have to deal with the limitations of the people we want to educate. It's hard to convince someone that they've been lied to and manipulated by a group they trust and identify with. Even if we know someone has let ideology and pride compromise their judgement it's unlikely to be effective pointing that out to them. Not everyone has the temperament to engage with someone who has willfully blinded themselves to reality, and those that do don't have to pretend that these people aren't being obtuse and sticking their heads in the sand, they're just probably better off not telling that to the person they're trying to deprogram
- jncfhnb 3y agoSure. But saying they’re not obtuse is obtuse.