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Re:Police Say Video Shows Woman Stepped Suddenly in Front of... by danso on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @06:30AM (#16636807)
If you are an expert/outlier for a given topic, wouldn't you generally expect (in an open forum) that the majority of people speaking/opining on the topic will sound dumb/basic relative to what you know?
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Re:Police Say Video Shows Woman Stepped Suddenly in Front of... by jamesrcole on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @06:48AM (#16636903)
(I'm not the person you're replying to)

It's not their level of knowledge, it's them having a high level of conviction when they have no grounds to have such a high level of conviction.

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Re:Police Say Video Shows Woman Stepped Suddenly in Front of... by psyc on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @09:02AM (#16637632)
Exactly. Their confidence not only helps to spread misinformation, but also signals to me that if I offer corrections, they'll argue with me down to the last pedantic toe-hold they can win. No thank you.
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