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If only conservatives actually trusted knowledge from people who bothered to learn it. Pundits are way easier to take at their word because whatever they say is short, definitive, embiggens their feelings, and confirms their biases.
Humans, generally speaking, tend to give more credit to facts that already aligned with their pre-conceived beliefs than facts that are not.
This isn't exclusive to conservatives and liberals fall into this trap as well.
The problem is that Fox News and conservative media have figured out how to take advantage of it to further their agenda.
In fact, the RNC and Fox News has done an absolutely fantastic job of convincing their base that educated people shouldn't be trusted because they are liberal.
It's true, but also, possibly less important than the "first in, last out" epistemology that most people run on. We tend to hold whatever opinion we hear first, unless someone produces a very strong argument against it, and the longer you hold that idea before anyone challenges it, the less likely you are to change it regardless of the evidence.
Loud mouth pundits tend to be most people's first-pass at any idea, so whether it's true or not, they get to decide what you're going to think for the rest of your life
does FILO differ from LIFO in any specific way?
Not appreciably.
They both describe the basic function of a stack machine
well, yeah, but in my finance career we only talked about LIFO and FIFO. FILO seems like a synonym for LIFO i guess is my question
Yeah they're synonyms, that's what I mean by the stack machine comparison.
FIFO by contrast would be more like a train going through a tunnel
This is something I've learned especially at work - charisma almost always wins over competence, unless you're speaking to other experts in the field. I've seen people spew absolute meaningless bullshit to audiences of hundreds in a field they should know at least a bit about, these are not exactly laymen. They will eat that shit up if the person speaking is charismatic and confident, and they'll clap like it's the most enlightening thing they've ever heard.
The election of 2016 proved that point in a horrific and sobering way.
Someone got mad at me once because I described trump as charismatic. But like if that's not what it is then what do you describe that strange stranglehold he has over the minds of his adoring base?
To me that's what charisma means. I don't personally find him inspiring or captivating in any way. I don't see how people could find him charismatic, but for whatever reason they do.
So charismatic is an accurate description not of his personal qualities but of his relationship to his base.
Precisely. Say what you will about Trump's other skills and traits, but there's no denying he has the charisma to appeal to at least some people. It might not work on me or you, but considering that nobody else in existence is universally beloved, that point doesn't really matter.
They just think everyone on the internet is as dumb as they are.