You are mixing up skeptics and blockers, this coming from a deeply, fundamentally sceptical person. Blockers block any new idea, and there is no way to move or convince them. Skeptics will doubt everything you do - very much like a blocker does - but good arguments can move a skeptic. Basically, I'll just block and doubt everything you say until you fought me and convinced me enough... at which point I will become your best ally.
Smart people will think your idea is stupid
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Re: Smart people will think your idea is stupid
#12"When the printing press was invented 93% of the population was illiterate." Assuming Seth Godin meant Gutenberg: Printing press was invented at the time when demand for books was raising and old methods were not sufficient anymore. Gutenberg was in printing business at the time of his invention. Also, Gutenberg was financially unsuccessful. "The first guy to own a fax machine, what did he do with it?" Just a guess:…
The first fax machine was made using synchronized pendulums and large pieces of paper with black and white rectangles.
Re: Smart people will think your idea is stupid
#13They laughed at Einstein. They laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
Sometimes, smart people will think your idea is stupid because your idea is, in fact, stupid.
Re: Smart people will think your idea is stupid
#14You are mixing up skeptics and blockers, this coming from a deeply, fundamentally sceptical person. Blockers block any new idea, and there is no way to move or convince them. Skeptics will doubt everything you do - very much like a blocker does - but good arguments can move a skeptic. Basically, I'll just block and doubt everything you say until you fought me and convinced me enough... at which point I will become yo…
The problem arises when logic indicates its a stupid idea, but in reality we just lack the information to know that it really is a great idea.