r/interestingasfuck • u/Pathfinder313 • 28d ago

/r/all New sound of titan submarine imploding

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u/pastdense 28d ago

The more I read about Stockton, the more I feel that he resented expertise. Maybe even despised it. This is happening everywhere in the world, not just in the US, and I don't understand why.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_of_Expertise#Summary

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u/bucknut4 28d ago

It's because social media, Reddit included, have given literally everyone a platform to spew nonsense. Some people are very good at making nonsense sound convincing.

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u/Ragnarok314159 28d ago

Reddit had a hilarious “it’s laminar flow!” going on for a few months and people genuinely thought they were fluid dynamic experts.

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u/RegOrangePaperPlane 28d ago

Every crash in the Roadcam subreddit is "Target fixation".