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I see Google’s deal with Reddit is going just great…

  • @[email protected]
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    161 month ago

    It’s often the same for science, though there are actual experts who occasionally weigh in too.

    • Joe Cool
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      141 month ago

      You can usually detect those by the number of downvotes.

      • @[email protected]
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        81 month ago

        Not really. A lot of surface level correct, but deeply wrong answers, get upvotes on Reddit. It’s a lot of people seeing it and “oh, I knew that!” discourse.

        Like when Reddit was all suddenly experts on CFD and Fluid Dynamics because they knew what a video of laminar flow was.

        • Joe Cool
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          41 month ago

          That’s what I meant. I have seen actual M.D.s being downvoted even after providing proof of their profession. Just because they told people what they didn’t want to hear.
          I guess that’s human nature.

          • @[email protected]
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            61 month ago

            I get you. Didn’t mean to come across as a “that guy”. So completely agree with you. The laminar flow Reddit shit infuriated me because I have my masters in Mech Eng and used to do a lot of CFD. People were talking out of their ass on “I know laminar flow!”

            Well, see, it’s more than that. It’s not just a visual thing and…

            “Ahhhh! I know laminar flow! Downvote the heretic!”

            • Jonathan Hendry
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              21 month ago

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              Sir… sir… SIR. I’ll have you know that I, too, have seen laminar flow in the stream from a faucet. I’ll not have my qualifications dismissed so haughtily.

    • @[email protected]
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      111 month ago

      My least favorite is when people claim a deep understanding while only having a surface-level understanding. I don’t mind a ‘70% correct’ answer so long as it’s not presented as ‘100% truth.’

      • @[email protected]
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        71 month ago

        “I got a B in physics 101, so now let me explain CERN level stuff. It’s not hard, bro.”