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Re:Trust in newspapers and television news collapses to hist... by Cupertino95014 on Friday July 08, 2022 @09:55PM (#32030557)
There are certainly people who think they're intelligent. They like to congratulate each other.

Taleb would call them IYI (intellectual yet idiot).

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Re:Trust in newspapers and television news collapses to hist... by bigDinosaur on Friday July 08, 2022 @10:07PM (#32030641)
He calls everyone that unless you do nothing but slavishly agree with him. Speaking about the quality of social media compared to traditional media...
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Re:Trust in newspapers and television news collapses to hist... by TMWNN on Saturday July 09, 2022 @05:34AM (#32033398)
>There are certainly people who think they're intelligent. They like to congratulate each other.

>Taleb would call them IYI (intellectual yet idiot).

Lenin's "useful idiots" term is always apt.

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