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"If it's stupid, but it works, it isn't stupid" is a maxim that only applies to luxury use cases where the results fundamentally don't matter. As soon as the r
by kibwen 9mo ago
"If it's stupid, but it works, it isn't stupid" is a maxim that only applies to luxury use cases where the results fundamentally don't matter.
As soon as the results actually matter, the maxim becomes "if it works, but it's stupid, it doesn't work".
- shermantanktop 9mo agoI just got some medication yesterday where the leaflet included the following phrase: "the exact mechanism of efficacy is unknown." So apparently the medical field is not above this logic.
- 3eb7988a1663 9mo agoThat is ignorance, not stupidity. If you take compound X and see improvement in Y, that is worthwhile, even if the mechanism is a blackbox.