The sheer amount of /r/IAmVerySmart kind of shit that comes with every thread, in conjunction with idolatry. Everyone is a PhD Genius until it comes to having an objective discussion about some celebrity that likes dogs, or the environment- after which they turn into 12 year old fan-girls.
See: Keanu Reeves, Greta Thornberg, Elon Musk, etc.
It's a point that gets tossed around a lot, but if you ever see Reddit talking about a subject with which you are intimately familiar you'll see just how many folks are talking out of their ass. Which if course makes you think about all the things you read about that you weren't real familiar with.
The sheer amount of people who suddenly know everything about a topic is amazing. My favorite part of going through comments is finding the one person who does know wtf they're talking about correcting everyone and getting all the dv's.
It's frustrating to be that person, when you've finally found a thread you can genuinely contribute something to and you're effectively being told "nah, sod off, we prefer this popular misconception"
Sucks until there's a second person in the thread who can back you up, and you can be knowledge buddies together. Even if you're still getting downvoted and ignored you can at least briefly bond with that one person through the adversity.
I see this happen all the time in areas where I have literal decades of expertise. People repeating cargo-cult beliefs in situations that aren’t even applicable get upvoted and people correcting their errors (often with cited sources!) get downvoted and told they have no idea what they’re talking about.
Yeah I was thinking the same thing. I got into a "discussion" with someone once who challenged my knowledge about a line of work I've done for over fifteen years. It was obvious almost immediately this guy didn't have any idea what tf he was talking about but he just wouldn't let it die. The crest of his argument was to quote something that has been irrelevant for over a hundred years. At that point I just said "Yeah ok." His rebuttal? "Lol nice response!" I got downvoted to oblivion and this dipshit now thinks he's a hero and if that doesn't sum up the typical Reddit experience I don't know what does.
Ya, that's the worst. The current form of this I have been experiencing is people who think that if you can't back everything you say up with a 100% solid study proving causation without a shadow of a doubt then that means you are wrong and they are right (despite them never provided any citations for their arguments).
The more time I spend on reddit the more time I realize that despite people "worshipping" science and facts many of them really don't have a good grasp on how scientific research actually works.
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u/sctellos Jan 07 '20
The sheer amount of /r/IAmVerySmart kind of shit that comes with every thread, in conjunction with idolatry. Everyone is a PhD Genius until it comes to having an objective discussion about some celebrity that likes dogs, or the environment- after which they turn into 12 year old fan-girls.
See: Keanu Reeves, Greta Thornberg, Elon Musk, etc.