• primrosepathspeedrun@anarchist.nexus
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    5 days ago

    Is this really important? Feels like it’s missing the point. When communicating information compromises between factuality and bandwidth must be made. OOP gets the point across and has emotional impact. Even I didnt read half what you write. Nobody ever checks sources.

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        4 days ago

        Right but being more technically correct does not make you a better communicator or more likely to be listened to. Creating approximately correct-ish ideas in the minds of your audience to counter absolute fictions is much more important unless youre in a lab or talking to an engineer about engineering.

        Precision and rigor have negative rhetorical weight.