• froghorse@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Would you rather conform and be right, or think independently and be wrong?

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      1 year ago

      It’s not even thinking independently though. It’s conforming to the group with the wrong opinion.

    • UlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      1 year ago

      When it comes to bad takes on the internet and crackpot theories, assuming that such things are at least as likely to be true as what is conventionally believed is like wandering into a hospital pharmacy, with no labels on any of the bottles, and taking pills with the assumption that at least some of them will give you superpowers.

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        I can’t tell if you didn’t get the joke or legitimately believe that any conformist opinion is braindead. I hope it’s not the latter, because that sounds like a really frustrating way to form a self-identity.