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This seems quite appropriate listening to half wits like Joe Rogan giving equal weight to an expert in a given topic and then cutting away unashamedly to some f
by Simon_ORourke 2y ago
This seems quite appropriate listening to half wits like Joe Rogan giving equal weight to an expert in a given topic and then cutting away unashamedly to some fruitloop with a theory that would make a sane person blush.
- jasonvorhe 2y agoI'll never get accustomed to the arrogance of people hating on the intelligence of some of the most successful people in their field. I don't have to like JR and I'd be surprised if he wasn't a CIA asset to influence public perception, but outright calling him a half wit is more telling about you and than him. Your reliance on titles and certified experts just exposes what's wrong in a post-COVID and post-truth world.
- tsimionescu 2y agoI think it comes from a long experience of just how stupid people often are despite all of their success. While many certified experts are also often quite idiotic, particularly when talking even slightly outside their fields, or when parroting dogma within their field, there really seems to be almost no correlation between public success and what we'd normally call being smart.
- PaulHoule 2y agoSee Pauling, Shockley and Josephson for scientists who did fantastic work to win a Nobel prize who then went crazy with alt health, racism and psionics. Appallingly to me there are people taking Penrose's "I can do math because I am a thetan" seriously in another discussion running now: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41696434 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41696434
- m463 2y agoI like the variety of Joe Rogan guests. I think being able to listen to crazy viewpoints can help you untangle the fluff and propaganda in not only other speakers, but your own thinking. also, it prevents the echo chamber effect.