Notes from a Flat Earth Conference

Anyone subscribing to any of this conspiracy nonsense, especially as an identity is (pardon the language) too effin stupid to work in any serious technical endeavor - if they're deeply willing to ignore those facts & reason, what will they ignore on your project?

Plus, their deeply ingrained ideas that any authority is trying to control them has a high probabilty of turning against any employer lie a rabid dog, creating at least a costly series of problems and toxicity.

I'd even filter them out for manufacturing or fast food work.

edit: should add I'm talking about willful stupidity - deliberate cultivation of ignorance, as distinguished from naturally low intellectual horsepower

Re: Notes from a Flat Earth Conference

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Post by lisper » Thu, Aug 20, 2020, 3:34 PM UTC

protomyth wrote: post #4

thelittlenag wrote: post #3

The allure of secret knowledge...

Is it that or some folks trying to cling to a tribe?

It's both. The secret knowledge defines the identity of the tribe.

Re: Notes from a Flat Earth Conference

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Post by kalium-xyz » Thu, Aug 20, 2020, 3:36 PM UTC

toss1 wrote: post #5

Sadly, this is another topic of questions to add to job interview filters - ask about the moon landings & vaccines. Anyone subscribing to any of this conspiracy nonsense, especially as an identity is (pardon the language) too effin stupid to work in any serious technical endeavor - if they're deeply willing to ignore those facts & reason, what will they ignore on your project? Plus, their deeply ingrained ideas that…

Keep in mind that things such as mass surveillance or the US government drugging its own citizens would have gotten you in an institution for suffering from paranoid delusions until these things came to light. There is always more and sometimes interesting perspective to consider.

Re: Notes from a Flat Earth Conference

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Post by mcculley » Thu, Aug 20, 2020, 3:36 PM UTC

toss1 wrote: post #5

Sadly, this is another topic of questions to add to job interview filters - ask about the moon landings & vaccines. Anyone subscribing to any of this conspiracy nonsense, especially as an identity is (pardon the language) too effin stupid to work in any serious technical endeavor - if they're deeply willing to ignore those facts & reason, what will they ignore on your project? Plus, their deeply ingrained ideas that…

"Stupid" is not a useful way to generally describe the people vulnerable to conspiracy theories. I have met people who are relatively intelligent who fall into these. See also: religion, politics.

Re: Notes from a Flat Earth Conference

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Post by 8K832d7tNmiQ » Thu, Aug 20, 2020, 3:38 PM UTC

This is pretty well written, I love it.

Re: Notes from a Flat Earth Conference

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Post by emteycz » Thu, Aug 20, 2020, 3:38 PM UTC

mcculley wrote: post #8

toss1 wrote: post #5

Sadly, this is another topic of questions to add to job interview filters - ask about the moon landings & vaccines. Anyone subscribing to any of this conspiracy nonsense, especially as an identity is (pardon the language) too effin stupid to work in any serious technical endeavor - if they're deeply willing to ignore those facts & reason, what will they ignore on your project? Plus, their deeply ingrained ideas that…

"Stupid" is not a useful way to generally describe the people vulnerable to conspiracy theories. I have met people who are relatively intelligent who fall into these. See also: religion, politics.

I have met stupid intelligent people. Sometimes knowledge just doesn't seem to translate to actual behavior and decisions (it's mostly about the lack of decisions, IMHO).