George Robb

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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe · The Skeptics Guide #859 - Dec 25 2021 podcast

So whether it's a good idea or a bad idea, the asshole doesn't care.

The asshole is just like, I'm going to spout my opinion.

Here's my opinion, my opinion.

And so purely from statistics, it's not what that person thinks but what that person says.

And they are more likely just, again, purely by mathematically, their opinions are going to be more wrong.

Because there's more of them being spouted out.

Whereas the person who's more self-aware won't share an idea until they really think it's a good one.

Or a concept that's a really good one.

So they will then spout that.

And so they will mostly be quiet.

And then ninja-like have an opinion that comes out that will be kind of spot on.

So it comes down to sort of, yeah, it doesn't matter what you think, but what you say.

And assholes tend to say stuff wrong.

more often.

I thought that was really cool.

Not really.

Again, it was just this kind of positing of, is this true?

And I think from my experience, that tends to kind of be true.

And then, of course, my first thing was to start self-examining.

Like, how often am I sharing my... Okay.

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