Cryophilia@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months 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-square20fedilinkarrow-up162arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up161arrow-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 · 2 months agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareJaggedRobotPubes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months 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.
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.