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Listen to literally any episode and you'll understand that experts in their field are far more interesting to listen to than you might think.
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There's a narrowness, a deludedness, that tends to come with experthood. I prefer the wideness
I'd rather talk to the boring subject matter expert then the enthusiastic non subject matter expert
Are we talking to them for entertainment or information? Because it might be more fun to hear a flat earther try to explain their beliefs, but you probably wouldn't want to adopt those beliefs.
A flat earther who did the math. Set up the experiment and measured the tangential angles of light rays or whatever. Worries about the hundred ways he may have fucked up his calculations.
A round earther who googled it. Knows with certainty. Knows what all smart people know to be obviously true.
Well you see my point.
Also, focus is a powerful and funny thing. You could hide an elephant in the room if you are focused on the tv. It's a kind of useful insanity
You've changed the comparison from your post. A round earther who googled it, is not a focused and passionate expert. They googled why the Earth is round and accepted it. A focused and passionate expert by nature of being an expert can do all the calculations that actually work and prove the Earth is round (nevermind the fact we've seen it from space at this point). Those focused and passionate experts are exactly the interesting people you want to talk to, because they intimately understand what they're experts on and can go on and on about it in detail.
I was offering a completely different point.
Then consider what I said in regards to your original post, is it not true?
Well I stated that I think the opposite clearly enough.
I appreciate the depth but ya. Wideness
worries about the hundred ways he may have fucked up
lol. check out Beyond the Curve.
Lol? Seeiously?
Well you see my point.
I really don't.
Maybe you should Google it.
If you have a point, make it.
If being snarky and defensive is your only reaction when someone questions your statement, then you probably didn't have a point to make.
Ok fine.
The first guy is smart. The second guy is dumb.
Your non-understanding is either intentional or unintentional. Both look like a miserable slog to me.
See? That's why I asked.
You described someone who was trying really hard to do everything wrong, and refused to believe it when he confirmed he was wrong. That guy is much more stupid than someone who easily finds answers that have been calculated centuries ago.
So are you saying that someone who knew what they where doing 5k years ago and almost perfectly calculated the circumference of the earth knows more about the shape of the earth than what I see on the horizon and all of my scientifically illiterate calculations??? Seems improbable.
One is the product of firsthand observation and careful reasoning, the other is a story told by authority.
Surely you appreciate the difference.
Sure, one is completely wrong and arrogant.
You argue like a medieval religious zealot. And that seems to be completely normal.
But I haven't chained you up or tortured you once!
A medieval religious zealot's style of argumentation is characterized by his appeal to dogma.
That's a fun fact, I'll have to remember that, but to be clear, I'm not saying nobody should question authority, by all means, question away, do some research, find out why the established truths are established truths.
But, I don't understand why we should give any respect to someone who wastes time unsuccessfully trying to deny reality.
If someone went into space and sent back a photo of a flat earth, I might start asking questions myself, but so far, despite numerous attempts, there is absolutely no evidence of that, so I think anyone wasting their time on that endeavor is on the same level as someone trying to flap their arms until they fly away.
Good bye
Thus we enter the miserable slog. No thanks.
I'm starting to understand why you appreciate ignorance over knowledge.
Wow good point.
Huh, that's certainly a take. Personally, I have never ever enjoyed conversing with a grifter, fraudster, or liar. The aftertaste is always disgust and disdain.
For the people that want an earful of BS, lucky for them AI is now available at their fingertips 24/7.
I might not be that smart, but I will never find easily disprovable stupidity to be more entertaining than dry, factual passion.