31 Dec 2021 1:32 am
I don't know who you normally "debate" on net forums...maybe some < 125 IQ trash who parrot Democrat/Republican talking points.LibDave » 30 Dec 2021, 10:53 pm » wrote: ↑ The example I gave earlier was of a study done. They took 500 Obama supporters and 500 Trump supporters and gave them the inaugural and state of the union speeches of both Trump and Obama and were told they would be asked questions about the speech afterwards. Only they switched the names of the candidates in bold letters at the top of the pages.
Out of 500 Obama supporters something like 475 when given multiple choice questions as to which policies they supported chose the policies of the opposite candidate. And they also provided reasons why. Almost the same results from the Trump supporters. So what does this say about the way humans make decisions? And what is it about yourself that makes you PRESUME you aren't in that 95% group? Or me for that matter. I was, I know that for sure.
Regardless, the person you're talking to is far above 125 and he is definitely not in the 95%.
In the vast majority of cases you using that "study" would appropriately describe your opponent, but you basically did the equivalent of bragging about your college team level basketball skills in front of a guy who's playing on a 3rd tier NBA team. You could consider yourself simply to be very unlucky for running into the wrong guy @ the wrong time or blessed since you have a chance to prove yourself.
I would attempt to address that point he made about how the economy actually works vs some theory taught in grad school econ class that never works except in some textbook/econometric model developed by PhDs who end up being flunkies anyway in the real world (e.g. LTCM).