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Vitalik Buterin
@vitalik.eth
I wish our culture was better at honestly expressing our level of uncertainty, and being okay and encouraging of other people doing the same. Having widely-understood ways to say "based on what I know now, I think X, but this is a preliminary opinion and I am super-willing to adjust based on new arguments or evidence".
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Vitalik Buterin
@vitalik.eth
I've seen ideas for conlangs that include a mandatory tense-like inflection for either "this is why I think what I'm saying" or "I think this with [high / medium / low] confidence". Would be interesting to import into English.
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slobo
@slobo.eth
certainty is a proxy for confidence confidence is a proxy for competence **i believe these incentives are hard to break
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Cassie Heart
@cassie
[strong|weak] opinion, [loosely|strongly] held
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polynya
@polynya
There are a ton of misguided analogies doing the rounds in crypto, which leads to unfounded entitlement, ignoring evidence. I wish crypto would focus on the things that have actually proven to provide value to people, rather than wasting more billions on things proven to have negligible demand (aside from bagholders).
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Mac Budkowski ᵏ
@macbudkowski
💯 an even lower bar would teach people to start their claims with "I think", "In my opinion", "I guess" etc. it's the easiest way to reduce the amount of conflict and tension during the discussion.
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vaughn tan
@vt
working on better frameworks for thinking about and expressing different forms of uncertainty rn: https://vaughntan.org/notknowing
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Gabriel Ayuso ⌁
@gabrielayuso.eth
That's the dream. Don't get why people want every statement they say to come out as if they know what they're talking about. Confidence is overrated, we need more modesty.
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wartime art hoe
@ivy
would be nice if more ppl followed the ‘strong opinion loosely held’ thing
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nicholas
@nicholas
Unfortunate that absolute statements and inflammatory questions perform better than nuance and honest questions in social media
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Mike | Abundance
@abundance
This is not just a cultural issue, it's also economic. People have an incentive to sound confident and take extreme positions (that seems to drive engagement in the attention economy). With a different set of incentives people could be motivated to be as accurate as possible w their statements
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Ignas | DeFi
@ignas
I write on X every day. If I spend a day or more on a thread, I want to make sure the post performs well. And for new accounts trying to beat X's algorithm, bold, shocking, and provocative hooks are the norm. As I grow my account, I tone down my hooks. But accounts like Mario Nawfal just feast on engagement farming.
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Bixbite 👽
@bixbite
I like to state my opinion then end it with ‘but I could be wrong’ that way if someone wants to present evidence against it’s more of a learning experience vs a debate 🤓
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Liang /degencast SOON🎩
@liang
this is kinda like the opposite of fake it until you make it...
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billzh.eth 🎩
@billzh
Always be 10% less certain than you actually are
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Sam (crazy candle person) ✦
@samantha
Us humans don’t do well with uncertainty 🤷🏻 And we have trouble even admitting it to ourselves, because of our egos
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@lght.eth
big fan of “currently I think” & then if getting into a back in forth stating my opinion and saying “but my mind can be changed” feels like it’s a combination of pride & economy of words simultaneously
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Joshua Hyde
@jrh3k5.eth
In a similar vein, I've had people observe with amusement that, when they ask if I have questions, I always reply with, "Not at this time." It's because I often don't know what I don't know, which means I'll likely have questions later on.
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six
@six
This is why we say “imo”
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kbc - q/dau
@kbc
Bayesian thinking isn’t widespread
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