“In ordinary life, if somebody consistently exaggerates or lies to you, you soon discount everything they say.” — Sadly, this part has been solidly disproven.
I noticed something similar on websites like Reddit. I’ve come across an answer for a question on something I’m well educated on, and their answer is definitively wrong but “sounds correct”. The reddit community will up vote them, and even down vote people who try correcting them.
But then later on I would come across a post on a topic I don’t know, and I’m inclined to believe the answers because they sound right and there’s a group consensus backing it up.
The reddit community will up vote them, and even down vote people who try correcting them.
Yeap… Especially with any topic where there’s a big hobbyist community.
I work in orthotics and prosthetics for a university hospital as both an educator and a healthcare provider. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been down voted by 3d printer enthusiasts for critiquing untrained and uneducated people fitting children with medical devices that can severely injure or debilitate them.
Hey man, you’re harshing my good vibes. I’m gonna have to downvote you, those kids future health outcomes be damned.
My hobby > The children
