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You are doing the thing from the comic! https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/aaaah https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/aaaah

• XorNot 1y ago
  There's something of a difference between the abstract presentation there and the much more tangible brand problem Tesla has. If this was a Ford nobody would believe it. They might argue it broke down. If it was a Toyota nobody would believe that. But Elon Musk has made himself the face of Tesla, used that power in other contexts to go after critics, and the Cybertruck had a bizarre anti resale clause when released and Tesla have made a habit of features-as-a-service with remote software deactivations when other vehicles are resold. So in the specific case here, the reaction very much represents a big brand sentiment problem attributable to concrete issues.
  • ameliaquining 1y ago
    There's kind of a fine line between "that this went viral shows that Tesla has a brand problem" (a logically valid argument) and "that I found this believable shows that Tesla is bad" (what the comic is about). The top-level comment did not go super-far out of its way to distinguish between the two, which I think is generally worth doing if you're making an argument that sounds similar to a common fallacy.
  • afthonos 1y ago
    What an interesting way of thinking. More seriously, the correct reaction to a fake is to adjust towards whatever the fake is moving your away from. If the fake wants you to believe Tesla is a company that will brick your car while driving — adjust towards it being more likely that they won’t, because if it were, there would be no need to fake it. Saying instead “huh, I guess my priors were right all along because of how many people believed it” is…yeah, an interesting way of thinking.
• JKCalhoun 1y ago
  Tesla has a PR problem. I'm not sure that is what the comic is addressing.