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Actually, this is an understatement: the public not only expressed strong views, but respondents actually showed enthusiasm for military intervention in Ukraine in direct proportion to their lack of knowledge about Ukraine. Put another way, people who thought Ukraine was located in Latin America or Australia were the most enthusiastic about the use of US military force.2 These are dangerous times. Never have so many people had so much access to so much knowledge and yet have been so resistant to learning anything.
The Death of Expertise
Tom Nichols
30. Wittgenstein's Ruler
The less you know of the measurer compared to the thing being measured, the less the measure measures the measured and the more it measures the measurer. E.g. if a stranger says most people are leftist, this is a better indicator the stranger is rightist.
My Friends, a New MEGATH...
@G_S_Bhogal on Twitter
Les mauvaises décisions initiales – choisir les mauvais associés ou ne pas engager les bons employés – sont très difficiles à rectifier, une fois prises. Avant que quiconque tente même de les corriger, il faut quelquefois une crise de l’ordre d’une faillite. Le premier travail du fondateur consiste à prendre les bonnes décisions initiales, parce qu’on ne peut construire d’entreprise florissante sur des fondements erronés.
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