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Always baffled how credulous hn users are when it comes to political news
by postsantum 8mo ago
Always baffled how credulous hn users are when it comes to political news
- pineaux 8mo agoyes, I think it's because HN users think that politics are comparable to systems design, and its not. Politics is very complex and a lot of non-rational things are done and rationalized later.
- postsantum 8mo agoI also blame undeveloped theory of mind https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_mind https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_mind
- beepbooptheory 8mo agoI guess I thought that would be a good thing? Like shouldn't we be measured and critical? Check our sources? Recognize at least the possibility of being fooled? I think we should always default to skepticism no matter our priors, even if that ends up being wrong, its not a fruitless position compared to the alternative.