Re:Being a Noob
by coldtea on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @10:31AM
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Because that's how people often treat it (whether they should or not).
You're implying that since it's not actually a variable (X being rich = X having something interesting to say), it can't function as a variable.
But it very much can. Whether it should or shouldn't be a variable, for many people it functions as one.
The same way people buy music or watch movies of "good looking" actors and musicians, even though being "good looking" is not a variable to judge whether a song/movie is good or not.
So, since this (treating wealth/beauty/fame/etc as a variable as to whether something is interesting) exists, and is often prevalent, it makes sense to wonder when someone listens to somebody else X that is rich/beautiful/famous whether they merely listen to X because he is those things (and not because X has something interesting to say).
You're implying that since it's not actually a variable (X being rich = X having something interesting to say), it can't function as a variable.
But it very much can. Whether it should or shouldn't be a variable, for many people it functions as one.
The same way people buy music or watch movies of "good looking" actors and musicians, even though being "good looking" is not a variable to judge whether a song/movie is good or not.
So, since this (treating wealth/beauty/fame/etc as a variable as to whether something is interesting) exists, and is often prevalent, it makes sense to wonder when someone listens to somebody else X that is rich/beautiful/famous whether they merely listen to X because he is those things (and not because X has something interesting to say).