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Re:Ask HN: Are people only smart until they talk about thing... by theyx on Sunday October 03, 2021 @12:25PM (#28738314)
You are right about HN folks. I asked this question prompted by a topic discussed here during the past week, in which many people were commenting and sounding like experts. But because I knew deeply about it (having written my Master’s thesis on it), I noticed how mistaken they were — despite making their opinions sound like facts.

It makes me wonder: should this make us disregard many more discussions? Because what if the comments on those are as “untrustworthy” as the comments shown in that thread I know about?

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Re:Ask HN: Are people only smart until they talk about thing... by WelcomeShorty on Sunday October 03, 2021 @02:41PM (#28739499)
The desired way would be that you correct them as domain expert and give us all a change to learn.

Did you?

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Re:Ask HN: Are people only smart until they talk about thing... by theyx on Sunday October 03, 2021 @03:04PM (#28739655)
The desired yeah, but unfortunately from my experience people don't like being corrected online, for -- as far as they know -- I may as well know nothing about what I am talking about. Plus, devoting the time to type out so many replies is not in most people's priority list.
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