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Similarly, online discourse as much broader. When online, im the world's foremost expert on fusion reactors, general relativity, geopolitics, genetics, and cul
by s1artibartfast 2y ago
Similarly, online discourse as much broader.
When online, im the world's foremost expert on fusion reactors, general relativity, geopolitics, genetics, and culture. I can dig up scholarly articles to back my position. If someone disagrees with me, the topic is deep and complex enough that I can't be decisively proven wrong.
The nature of the modern era is that everybody has a opinion about even the most niche topic. They get away with this because the stakes are non-existent and people have no real skin in the game. This habitual behavior has become the norm.
- bamboozled 2y agoSam Harris has a great summary of this: https://www.samharris.org/podcasts/making-sense-episodes/395-intellectual-authority-and-its-discontents https://www.samharris.org/podcasts/making-sense-episodes/395... It's so true in my opinion "doing research" is has often become, "finding a view that agrees with my world view" and to add to that, using that view to reinforce my beliefs. It's really diabolical.