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I feel like people who are the first to point out that 'data is fact objectively and your feelings have no bearing' are typically the ones who have no ~idea~ how data can practically be manipulated to say whatever you want it to say

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Like, the 'facts don't care about feelings' crowd are typically the ones with something to lose if you actually dig deeper into their motives so no shit they don't want that to have any weight on things

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@Oneironott EXACTLY. I am 100% convinced at this point that for almost all of these people, they really have zero actually interest in rationality except insofar as they can invoke it as a bluffing strategy.

Just like EVERYTHING ELSE the fedora crowd does.

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@zebratron2084 I feel like it's also exactly how the same people that say this are very quick and unmoving in believing very clearly untrue things x.x

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@zebratron2084 so fortunate for us we were so extremely hyped for both the information age AND not educating anyone about proper source/information vetting

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