linucs@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 5 months agoHow do you inform yourself on topics which don't belong to your field of expertise?message-squaremessage-square78fedilinkarrow-up1115arrow-down13
arrow-up1112arrow-down1message-squareHow do you inform yourself on topics which don't belong to your field of expertise?linucs@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 5 months agomessage-square78fedilink
minus-squaremagic_lobster_party@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up57·5 months agoI post my ignorant opinions somewhere. There’s always someone who will correct me with correct information.
minus-squareIMongoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·5 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-squarebobs_monkey@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·5 months agoWould you say Poe is cunning, and likes ham?
minus-squarejbrainslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months ago Would Ward you say Poe is cunning, and likes ham? Fixed!
minus-squareCapillaryUpgrade@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoI think you mean Cole’s Law
minus-squareSeleni@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoYou’d be surprised how much effort people will put into proving you wrong.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 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.