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>because a disappointingly large fraction of the public is unable to acknowledge facts of reality. the video is speaking, but some people just ain't listening.
by gruez 10mo ago
>because a disappointingly large fraction of the public is unable to acknowledge facts of reality. the video is speaking, but some people just ain't listening.
If something really does "speak for themselves", but also "disappointingly large fraction" (1%? 5%? 10%? 20%? 50%?) refuse to accept it, is that a meaningful statement? Is it the epistemic equivalent of "80% of the time, it works every time"?
- postflopclarity 10mo agoI don't know what you want me to say. "some people are wrong and dumb" is not an argument compelling enough to me to reject the evidence of my eyes and ears.
- AlexeyBelov 10mo agoThe point is that "other people" use the same exact argument too. The evidence of _their_ eyes and ears. This is not meaningful. I think "ok, I was wrong" is what you could've said.
- postflopclarity 10mo agotheir eyes and ears are bad I guess. sometimes other people really are just dumb and wrong. when two people disagree, the truth doesn't always lie "in the middle."