@Dr_Satan to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • edit-24 months agoOn social media we have these huge conversations where nobody involved has any actual experience. They're just repeating what other people said. Isn't that literally insane?message-square41arrow-up1196arrow-down129file-text
arrow-up1167arrow-down1message-squareOn social media we have these huge conversations where nobody involved has any actual experience. They're just repeating what other people said. Isn't that literally insane?@Dr_Satan to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • edit-24 months agomessage-square41file-text
And when you have a billion people doing this, that’s a lot of insanity. Like, world-spanning plague-level insanity.
minus-square@orcristlink6•4 months agoYour explanation is wrong, though. People might have experience, but you don’t know who, because they can lie. And if you think about it, a lot of what we learn is stuff we haven’t experienced directly, for a variety of practical reasons.
minus-square@Dkarma@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•4 months agoDoesn’t matter . I had an anti vaxx lady wave a meme in my face and tell me doctors can’t be trusted. They not only have experience they have proof. Confirmation bias is a bitch I guess.
Your explanation is wrong, though. People might have experience, but you don’t know who, because they can lie. And if you think about it, a lot of what we learn is stuff we haven’t experienced directly, for a variety of practical reasons.
Doesn’t matter . I had an anti vaxx lady wave a meme in my face and tell me doctors can’t be trusted.
They not only have experience they have proof. Confirmation bias is a bitch I guess.
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