He was 22 years old when Facebook bought Oculus. I assume he expected to stay a part of it and maybe things were different if he did. It's his fault, of course, but I think he was just naive.

> I assume he expected to stay a part of it and maybe things were different if he did. It's his fault, of course, but I think he was just naive.

You can be naive, but naive doesn't mean you go online and argue that people who know better are wrong, which is what he did.

The definition of naivety means he didn't know any better. He simply backed up what he believed, which I would expect.

Now he knows better. He has changed his mind. Which is what any rational person should do when presented with new information.

On the one hand I won't vilify him.

On the other hand he merely met the base requirements for "rational thinking" - so I am not about to give him any accolades.

> You can be naive, but naive doesn't mean you go online and argue that people who know better are wrong, which is what he did.

Isn't this exactly what being naive means?

No, naive is closer to absentmindedness or just not having been exposed to something.

Palmer was suffering from confident ignorance.