Cryophilia@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTIL about Brandolini's Law: "The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it."en.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square36linkfedilinkarrow-up1667arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1662arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Brandolini's Law: "The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it."en.m.wikipedia.orgCryophilia@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square36linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareJaggedRobotPubes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoIt can be very useful to pick just one element of a multi-part bullshit firework and refute the shit out of it, and then completely tune out the rest. Sometimes even just the quality of thinking comes across and does some work.
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It can be very useful to pick just one element of a multi-part bullshit firework and refute the shit out of it, and then completely tune out the rest.
Sometimes even just the quality of thinking comes across and does some work.
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