(This is the driving force behind dynamics like Brandolini’s Law—it’s profitable to spout bullshit, because bullshit is very very cheap to produce, and so the bullshitter wins either way. Either the other party effortfully refutes it, and the bullshitter has burned 10 of their minutes at a cost of 10 seconds, or the other party ignores it, and the bullshitter has burned 10% of the other party’s credibility with the masses. There are a lot of people in the crowd that simply won’t bother to track whether a given comment was fair or in good faith or worth the effort to rebut. All they see is (what looks like) telling silence.) (View Highlight)
Ley de Brandolini
I actually find it super frustrating when someone leaves commentary which, in one way or another, obligates me to effortfully respond, with more time and energy than I properly have to spare… (View Highlight)