I frequently encounter -- and loathe -- invincible ignorance, the kind of weaponized not knowing that denies anyone could know anything and therefore, one person's uninformed opinion is exactly as good as another person's deep understanding.
Well, it ain't, and knowing what you don't know is the beginning of wisdom.
I am far from the only person who keeps running into self-made fools. Another of the frustrated has written about it eloquently and in depth. It's worth a look.
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1 year ago
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The best description I've read about science is this:
"So you know, university Physics is essentially three years of this discussion among like-minded enthusiasts. Done with supercomputers, access to the textbook collections of five continents and thirty languages. On four hours sleep a night. With no sex. You're not going to find the loophole these guys missed." (https://projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/respectscience.php)
The other sciences aren't all that different, in that you have hyper-autistic level discussions by lots of people who are really, REALLY into the topic- like willing to spend thousands and thousands of dollars plus a crazy insane amount of hours to learn about the thing, for very little personal profit. Some yutz isn't going to outclass them by watching two Toktiks & a Yootoob.
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