Re:The biggest crypto lending company is a ponzi scheme
by fossuser on Thursday December 09, 2021 @04:17PM
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There were Tesla naysayers saying EVs wouldn't work, that the model3 would never ship, that Elon was a 'fraud', etc. etc. - a lot of that is forgotten now, but it was rampant and constant and completely wrong.
I'd argue the problem is often overconfidence everywhere mixed with people who don't know what they're talking about.
I agree that stuff needs to be evaluated for substance, I just think there tends to be a pretty extreme status-quo bias by default so a naysayer is more likely to be wrong because of that.
... why? Any point of view, pro or against, should be evaluated for substance.
Telsa naysayers were going on about things like "the quality sucks" "Promising FSD today is incredibly stupid", etc... well they were right? Quality has been varying depending on which part of the car you look like in a very "one step forward two steps back" way, FSD hardware did end up changing and the FSD beta is a farce, etc.
The only naysayers to dismiss are people who can't justify their position, but the same also goes for people who support something without being able to justify it. The problem isn't "naysaying", it's not saying anything at all.