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postsantum | 29 days ago

Always baffled how credulous hn users are when it comes to political news

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beepbooptheory|29 days ago

I guess I thought that would be a good thing? Like shouldn't we be measured and critical? Check our sources? Recognize at least the possibility of being fooled?

I think we should always default to skepticism no matter our priors, even if that ends up being wrong, its not a fruitless position compared to the alternative.

pineaux|29 days ago

yes, I think it's because HN users think that politics are comparable to systems design, and its not. Politics is very complex and a lot of non-rational things are done and rationalized later.