Dr_Satan@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-211 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-squaremessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1168arrow-down126file-text
arrow-up1142arrow-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@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-211 months agomessage-square44fedilinkfile-text
And when you have a billion people doing this, that’s a lot of insanity. Like, world-spanning plague-level insanity.
minus-squareorcrist@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·11 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-squareDkarma@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 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.