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The world has become a much bigger place. You used to know who to avoid, the default was someone was acceptable. Now the ones to avoid move around and it's al
by LorenPechtel 9mo ago
The world has become a much bigger place. You used to know who to avoid, the default was someone was acceptable. Now the ones to avoid move around and it's all too likely that a newcomer is such a person.
- tenacious_tuna 9mo ago> Now the ones to avoid move around and it's all too likely that a newcomer is such a person. This seems a wild generalization to make, though I guess "be suspicious of newcomers" is a little biologically hardwired. What's your epistemology for believing "newcomers" are "the ones to avoid"?
- LorenPechtel 9mo agoThe problem is the bad guys move around a lot more than the good guys.
- tenacious_tuna 9mo agoThat's not an explanation, that's a restatement of the claim.
- 1bpp 9mo agoI think it's still likely that most new people you'll encounter aren't malicious. I have to wonder what your mental image of a 'newcomer' looks like.