Re:Shameless Work Influencers Are the Bane of LinkedIn
by danaris on Saturday May 29, 2021 @01:02PM
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The problem with this is well-stated in Brandolini's Law [0]: "The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude larger than to produce it."
So, effectively, this means that given equivalent amounts of effort, you've got 10 people producing bullshit for every 1 refuting it effectively. Thus the bullshit continues to spread.
Re:Shameless Work Influencers Are the Bane of LinkedIn
by Frost1x on Saturday May 29, 2021 @01:51PM
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The trick to that problem is to pass the burden of proof on the one producing the BS (as it should be), which is similar to what Bertrand Russell does in Russell's Teapot:
So, effectively, this means that given equivalent amounts of effort, you've got 10 people producing bullshit for every 1 refuting it effectively. Thus the bullshit continues to spread.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandolini%27s_law