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Re:The Crime of Curiosity by generalizations on Thursday September 16, 2021 @08:25PM (#28559602)
> The general population is not equipped with enough information or enough time to meaningfully distinguish between bullshit and non-bullshit.

How certain are you that you're not part of that particular subset of the 'general population'?

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Re:The Crime of Curiosity by PaulDavisThe1st on Thursday September 16, 2021 @08:29PM (#28559629)
I'm absolutely certain that I am part of the general population and share this characteristic.

[EDIT: because of the work I've done, there are a handful of areas where I think my BS detection abilities would exceed those of an average person. But that's likely true for the average person too. Overall though, we're all a lot less able to detect BS than we think. ]

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Re:The Crime of Curiosity by ncmncm on Thursday September 16, 2021 @09:47PM (#28560231)
A clear majority of people are more ready to reject things that are true than things that are false.
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