Their approach is a school-of-fish strategy. They mindlessly mouth the conventional wisdom. When they’re wrong, they’re all wrong together. Who coulda known?
But any individual who did know, and said so, can be singled out for opprobrium.
It’s all about conformity, not truth.
But any individual who did know, and said so, can be singled out for opprobrium.
It’s all about conformity, not truth.
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1489251022245556237
It's actually a good strategy for the establishment, albeit emergent.
Attack any heterodox thought as a group. Then, if the idea breaks through regardless, no one person needs to apologize.
The lab leak theory is a good example. @Ayjchan @mattwridley
scottaaronson.blog/?p=6183
Attack any heterodox thought as a group. Then, if the idea breaks through regardless, no one person needs to apologize.
The lab leak theory is a good example. @Ayjchan @mattwridley
scottaaronson.blog/?p=6183
One defense against the school-of-fish strategy is pseudonymity.
That's why Satoshi and project-evidence.github.io put their work out under a pseudonym.
The latter is the renamed version of an early lab leak study that we discussed in April 2020.
That's why Satoshi and project-evidence.github.io put their work out under a pseudonym.
The latter is the renamed version of an early lab leak study that we discussed in April 2020.
https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1250919345015803904
See also this earlier thread on the school-of-fish strategy.
You are an individual. They turn as a group. This is why people form groups for ideological defense.
You are an individual. They turn as a group. This is why people form groups for ideological defense.
https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1441031876202819588
Btw, another counter to the school-of-fish strategy is to publish ideas as NFTs, optionally pseudonymously.
Just like normal academic publication, but it's also a monetizable collector's item. And on-chain, so the priority is provable. See @MacaesBruno.
Just like normal academic publication, but it's also a monetizable collector's item. And on-chain, so the priority is provable. See @MacaesBruno.
https://twitter.com/MacaesBruno/status/1480352118288564225
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