How to Think Like a Detective

Re:How to Think Like a Detective by holytoledo on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @09:55PM (#28925942)

So basically be a modern day right winger? Because your first 3 things there get you labeled as such - on HN and elsewhere. The last 3 get you banned.

If we are going to play a game of what you’re allowed to assume and what you aren’t allowed to assume, then you aren’t a detective, you’re a pawn for someone else’s bidding and their strategic movements. Ditto for believing and challenging whatever “facts” you are allowed to believe and challenge.

If you knew the kind of statistics that Pew collects, and how they can be interpreted, you would believe very little indeed.

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Re:How to Think Like a Detective by TeeMassive on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @10:51PM (#28926219)

I can't believe you introduced partisan politics into a post about how to solve problems. Well I guess not believe in anything is a first step anyway.

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Re:How to Think Like a Detective by jdthedisciple on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @10:19AM (#28930942)

I understand that that is kind of a taboo thing to do. It's like an unwritten rule and it makes sense.

But if we just keep that aside for a millisecond, doesn't he have a valid point in a way? Isn't it reputational suicide these days to question the popular narrative in many regards? (And yes, let the downvotes roll in, thereby proving my point :))

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Re:How to Think Like a Detective by TeeMassive on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @08:40PM (#28938793)

Every society has its reputational killing taboos. That doesn't make a methodology based on doubting everything invalid. I mean, what if incest was a good thing?

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Re:How to Think Like a Detective by mensetmanusman on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @01:53PM (#28933706)

You do not get banned using a mind map.

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