The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[trappedslider]

Someone's wrong on the internet?

What do you want me to do? LEAVE? Then they'll keep being wrong!

 

[overgeeked]

Of course not, these days we just change the facts.

“The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. They don’t alter their views to fit the facts. They alter the facts to fit their views. Which can be uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering.” —Doctor Who

 

[Gradine]

Someone's wrong on the internet? How dare they! I'm sure your well reasoned argument that's solidly backed up with research and facts will instantly sway them to see the error of their ways.

What's that? Facts don't change our minds?

Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds

New discoveries about the human mind show the limitations of reason.

www.newyorker.com

Well, @#$%.

Fortunately for the sake of humanity, this has been largely debunked through the inability to actually replicate those results

 

[Scribe]

“The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. They don't change their views to fit the facts. They change the facts to fit their views, which can be uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs changing.” —Doctor Who

Thats a good one. I'll need to keep that one in the back pocket.

 

[overgeeked]

Fortunately for the sake of humanity, this has been largely debunked through the inability to actually replicate those results

I'm not seeing anything that suggests that is the case after a quick search.

I have come across several other articles that seem to support the original thesis, however.

Such as this.

Why Don't Facts Change Minds? A Researcher In Human Development Explains

Here’s a look into research that explains why it’s natural to resist changing your mind — and how you can get better at making these shifts.

www.snopes.com

 

[overgeeked]

Thats a good one. I'll need to keep that one in the back pocket.

I checked the original clip and was slightly off on the quote, though the message remains intact. Swap out "change" for "alter" and it's correct. I edited my post to reflect that.

 

[Scribe]

I checked the original clip and was slightly off on the quote, though the message remains intact. Swap out "change" for "alter" and it's correct. I edited my post to reflect that.

Close enough, who worries about facts anyway.

 

[overgeeked]

Close enough, who worries about facts anyway.

Apparently I do.

 

[dragoner]

As someone who has been poor and hungry, I do not want a spoiled rich kid speaking for me.

 

[Mad_Jack]

Dear gods, I'm so glad I'm one of those folks who doesn't just automatically post the first comment that pops into their head when they read a post.... Someone just wrote something that could be read in a completely different way than they meant it, and it would be horribly tasteless of me to point it out and joke about it since it was a serious comment.