@[email protected] to [email protected] • 2 months agoHow do you inform yourself on topics which don't belong to your field of expertise?message-square78fedilinkarrow-up1115arrow-down13
arrow-up1112arrow-down1message-squareHow do you inform yourself on topics which don't belong to your field of expertise?@[email protected] to [email protected] • 2 months agomessage-square78fedilink
minus-squaremagic_lobster_partylinkfedilink57•2 months agoI post my ignorant opinions somewhere. There’s always someone who will correct me with correct information.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink25•2 months ago I post my ignorant opinions somewhere. There’s always someone who will correct me with correct information. Not always. (see what I did there)
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•2 months agoYou’d be surprised how much effort people will put into proving you wrong.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•2 months agoSo basically, we have an instinct to treat misinformation as a priority threat. We are naturally obsessive/compulsive about eliminating misunderstandings? There’s probably a solid evolutionary reason for that.
I post my ignorant opinions somewhere. There’s always someone who will correct me with correct information.
Not always.
(see what I did there)
Ah yes, Moore’s Law
It’s Poe’s law
Would you say Poe is cunning, and likes ham?
Fixed!
I think you mean Cole’s Law
You’d be surprised how much effort people will put into proving you wrong.
So basically, we have an instinct to treat misinformation as a priority threat. We are naturally obsessive/compulsive about eliminating misunderstandings?
There’s probably a solid evolutionary reason for that.