Don't the comments sort in order of popularity?
Haywire
joined 2 years ago
I think a bigger issue is the acceptance of logical falicies leading to arguments that are nothing more than insult wars.
I can think of several instances but one that comes to the top was a long well reasoned argument for FM on phones. The writer put a great deal of effort into it then ended it with "do you know how stupid you sound [for taking the other position]." I made the mistake of pointing this out and was met with downvotes and told it was a very reddit thing to say.
I would love to see a platform where fallacious arguments were excluded until resubmitted or at least flagged. They do not encourage reasoned discourse.
I think you overestimate the toxicity of PTFEs. You know they are used in implants?
Dunnning Kruger is strong here.
Electrical fires don't generate their own oxygen.
Wouldn't it just be better to cure cancer? Why don't the scientists just do that?
Who would have a problem with us returning to an average lifespan of 40 years?
Stressful, expensive, hard working and statistically unproductive.
But the founder is expected to use capital they don't have to fund the business until it is attractive to people with capital. They are expected to market the product without marketing experience. They are expected to negotiate with people who are negotiating from a position of strength and who has much more experience. They are expected to be personally attractive to get interest from VCs. After they have gotten traction they are expected to be "coachable" and follow the advice of advisors that up until now have not been involved in the growth of the company.
The ecosystem is broken. Founders rarely get funding and when they do they end up losing most of the business they built. VCs are getting very few positive results.
Psychiatrist prescribe drugs not psychologists.
Do you believe in unfettered free markets? Those jobs are very often to implement compliance to restrictions in the markets.
I know there is, or was. A meth head I knew used old cell phones to watch to outside of his house. I saw the app and it worked really well. The phones were all on the same wifi and had no cell service.