13 rules for thinking clearly (via inversion):
1. Never say "I don't know". You need an opinion on everything.
1. Never say "I don't know". You need an opinion on everything.
2. Always trust the words "Science says". Never ask for the underlying logic or data.
3. Whenever you engage in a discussion or debate, do not define the underlying words you're talking about.
4. Never check source materials. Always read summaries of source materials by journalists with perverse incentives.
5. Define other people you disagree with by their worst moments. Define yourself by your best moments.
6. Outsource the maths of everything to someone else. Never run the numbers yourself.
Nobody has ever lied via statistics.
Nobody has ever lied via statistics.
7. Only follow people you agree with. Never follow people you disagree with, and under no circumstance try to understand why they think that way.
8. Remove human elements from the communication you consume (body language, tone of voice, eye contact, etc). Ideally, they should only have 280 written characters.
9. If they get to talk in person, it should be in a split-screen 5-minute news segment where the goal is to talk over one another as much as possible.
Interrupted by ad breaks.
Interrupted by ad breaks.
10. Under no circumstances have a long-form nuanced conversation without interruptions.
11. Google the evidence that supports your opinion. Keep scrolling until you find it. Ignore anything contradictory.
12. Always trust statements that start with "They say X". Never ask who is "They"
13. Accept we've figured everything out. There will be no progress. You were born too late.
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