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Originally Posted by Angrybird 12
It's the internet.... It was made to spread misinformation. Just look at Facebook.... People don't like to be told they are wrong...... Even if you can provide facts to support your argument they will not believe you.
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technically it was created by the military to facilitate the quick transfer of information during wartime.
Hair splitting aside, I see your point. However, that's just it. As a society, we're wrong for embracing the whole "You have an opinion so you're a special snowflake" ideal. I'm not saying you are, or any of us are, I'm just saying the mentality behind thinking you're right for having an opinion rather then having a correct, factually supported opinion, is wrong.
I'll even take it a step further and play devil's advocate against my own argument. I'm a young man who loves the scientific method. Part of why I love it is because empirical data is never truly set in stone. We could discover something tomorrow, 5 years from now or 100 years from now that completely wipes out everything we know about what we consider universal truths, for instance gravity. It has happened numerous times in the past.
How do these breakthroughs occur? Well usually they start with a differing opinion. Ergo, opining in itself is not a bad thing. Challenging what stands as the authority for a subject is not a bad thing, oft times, that challenge leads to new revelations. It's completely two different things however, when one challenges the subject with a analytical and well-researched eye versus someone who opines based on a perceived expertise with limited information. The latter is what needs to stop/be addressed.
tl;dr. stupid people need to shut up and stop ruining good debates for the rest of us.