We Have All Human Knowledge, Yet We’re Still Wrong
Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025
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People often forget that having access to all human knowledge also means you have access to all human stupidity. Look at the 2024 us election.
A LOT of people are dogshit at finding good info, or fall for lies/propaganda so easy.
Too many people aren’t interested in knowledge, they just want confirmation
What you’re forgetting is that thoae devices also contain all the missinformation in the world.
The totality of human knowledge is also a lot to keep up with.
Too much info is more effective than censorship when it comes to keeping people in the dark
I use my Absolute Human Knowledge Device for watching cat videos.
It blows my mind that science and scientists get a bad reputation for doing ACTUAL research, but people think search engines sharing YOUTUBE videos is research.
This is why we are getting dumber. People would rather be lazy than smart.
There’s also a lot pf misinformation in the mix so…
A little side plot actually explained it! There was a plot involving two guys, D. Dunning and J. Kruger, who came up with the explanation. They named it after themselves.
I’m almost certain that at this point there is more false information on the internet than truth.
My friends and family are always saying I know some much and random facts. Anytime I hear or see something new, like a new word, I just Google it and read up on the subject for a minute or two.
People gravitate towards the websites that meet their preconceived perspective, instead of trying to learn something new or different.
Monkey paw, please give me all knowledge known to man.
Okay, but you will have to sift through every brain fart anyone has ever had to find it.
Boomers HATE this one trick!
Pulling out your phone to fact check some outdated nonsense in real time….
Not all knowledge is good. Many people are easily influenced and manipulated by those who can shape narratives and information to pursue their own self interests.
The rectangle feeds us too much misinformation and opinion and garbage. And there are too many stupid people.
My boss wrote my Christmas card with a bunch of random trivia about my hometown.
I didn’t have the heart to tell him he Googled a town of the same name on the complete opposite side of the country instead
It’s much easier to let yourself be fed horse shit than it is to read and research the truth. Search engine algorithms use the cookies on your phone to feed you what you want to hear.
Sometimes I make bold statements and immediately after I tell people to check me with a internet search. If I’m wrong I want to know. I try not to make the same mistake twice.
Yeah that’s a crock of shit. Cell phones don’t give you access to everything, it’s 99% social media which is ENTIRELY bullshit. Yes, that includes Reddit. No, reddit isn’t any different or better.
Yeah have u ever tried googling on someones device with a different algorithm? The news and articles offeres will skew the truth to meet the preconcieved bias of the user in order to get their click. Your truth ia just your version of it.
We lack the wisdom and discernment to use knowledge. Everyone has full libraries of medical information, but can’t be considered doctors. Knowing what to prioritize and when, cultivating necessary skills, and acting according to a healthy set of societal and religious morals, values, and beliefs is largely absent in a world devoid of basic identity and conviction.
Like half of what Humanity “knows” is made up cult fantasy nonsense and most of whats left is intentionally wrong for the express purpose of exploiting one another.
That’s because people don’t use it to obtain knowledge; they use it to reinforce ignorance.
Thing is, there’s so much bullshit that you need to dig through before you get to the truth😫 (and some of the bulllshit is made to smell like vanilla🥴)
Once had a guy get mad at me because “every time I say something you open your DAMN phone and tell me how I’m wrong!”. I looked him in the eyes and told him to stop being wrong because he had access to all the same information I do, he just isn’t willing to put forth the effort. Being ignorant of facts is a choice that I don’t support.
there’s the sum of human knowledge but there’s a lot of information pollution. like a library where fantasy books and manuals are shuffled around
Tv is free, but what is the cost?
We have GPS and yet we’re still lost.
A carrot in the desert, a camel in the garden
A man with giant ears begging your pardon
Because cults of personality keep people stupid, politicians and billionaires shoveling shit in society’s face and people just ask for more.
Tribal mistrust.
The problem is that it’s getting much more difficult to find the truth/knowledge among all the bullshit, misinformation and lies.
Worst yet, people get offended when you use said access to get to the bottom of a discussion. Literal quotes I’ve recieved in response to “let’s look it up” are “what? Don’t you trust me?” And “Why am I getting fact checked like I’m Donald trump”?
The problem with everyone carry around such a device, is that same device can also be used by everyone to spew incorrect information.
Have you searched Google in the last few years compared to a decade ago? Their algorithm clearly has been trained to hide a lot of pertinent information. Everything I don’t really know or am unsure about, I search. Still, there are some things that others don’t want you to know.
Imagine being wrong. Couldn’t be me..
It also provides access to all of human stupidity.
I remember when doing your own research meant finding sources that were verified and from experts, not sources that confirm your opinion with a slapped together conspiracy. Those days are long gone.
I have to apologize to all the writers I called hacks when they wrote the impotent and ignorant response of government officials during a global pandemic or multiple UFO sightings.
People treated it as an excuse to not learn how to think critically
And yet I still can’t convince Google to tell me the name of that movie I’m thinking of. With the freaky little anime goblins on the spaceship.
Most everyone I know believes they are being watched and/or controlled by an invisible supernatural being that will eternally burn their flesh off if they think they aren’t.
Thank you. My thoughts this morning – to a fucking dot.
Because a lot of people use those devices to only learn what they want to fit their agenda or beliefs.