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> for investment advice I ask the feral cat outside You could do much worse, given monkeys throwing darts outperform average investors. Not trusting science b
by ulucs 5y ago
> for investment advice I ask the feral cat outside
You could do much worse, given monkeys throwing darts outperform average investors.
Not trusting science by default is what makes science have to be trustworthy. Scientists don't "trust" scientists. That's why every paper goes through rigorous questioning before being published-and even then lots of bullshit results still get published. If anything we need to trust science less.
Also, do you trust politicians even when they have over 40 years of experience?
- nautilius 5y agoFair enough, with the investment advice. As I wrote somewhere else, Science is an algorithm, not data. That algorithm was honed over hundreds of years. That algorithm is the reason that the ideas of some patent clerk in Switzerland were able to dethrone the ideas of one Isaac Newton, who some consider the greatest genius who ever lived. It's not about trusting scientists at all (ideally). My whole spiel here is that you should ask experts in their field of expertise. Would I take medical advice from a career politician like Hillary Clinton or advice on climate change from Ted Cruz? Absolutely not. Would I take Obama's advice on how to raise money or negotiate a deal with Netflix? Maybe, he seems to be good at that. Edit: Haha, what's with the downvote? Hillary being worried that I negatively impact her side-career as a chiropractor?