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Apr 21, 2011, 11:57:56 PM4/21/11
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"@The Mad Hatter
> Techrights is usually pretty accurate. Usually. Like all of us, there are mistakes.
> When there are, they get corrected in later posts, or in an update.

That's one of the funniest things I've ever read. The Mad Hatter is well
self-named.

@apexwm
> there are other examples where articles are well supported, and I still believe
> Techrights a good source of information

That could be the second funniest. If you really think "Techrights a
good source of information", what you are actually saying is that you
haven't done enough proper research. Techrights is a *terrible* source
of information. In fact, it's worse than useless, because you honestly
can't rely on it.

And if you have to do all the research again, then you might as well do
the research anyway, and skip Schestovitz's juvenile diatribes.

The main function Techrights serves is to confirm the biases of people
who are biased, and that's actually not all that uncommon as a strategy.
Its efffects are well known, and I suggest you read up on "confirmation
bias". (*) Schestovitz suffers from "confirmation bias" to the point
where I'd wonder about his mental health.

Techrights' obvious secondary function (if it's not its primary
function) is to feed Schestowitz's ego. I'm entirely unqualified to do
amateur psyshology, but I wonder if he's overcompensating because he
feels so inadequate. If you can't get people's respect, I guess you can
get them to hate you. Indeed, if you're sufficiently paranoid, you can
portray yourself as some sort of oppressed minority, and that's much
better than being ignored. Do any real health specialists have a view?

(*) Obligatory joke: once you know about "confirmation bias" you see it
everywhere ;-)
Jack Schofield 22 April, 2011 01:52 "

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BTW the madhatter is one of Roy Schestowitz's shills.

P.S. Thanks to voodoo for pointing out that Roy wasn't getting the
credit.


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