Conversation

Replying to
9) "That opinion made sense given the facts at the time, but now it should change." (sometimes it's you, sometimes it's me)
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10) "If everyone agrees they're a great company that's bad at marketing, they're probably good at marketing. With bad marketing, most people think the company is bad." (the goal of marketing is to change sentiment on the target, not sentiment on the marketing itself)
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11) "Selfishly or for my business, I'd want this law to pass, but I think it's probably net bad for the world." (how should voting work--everyone votes what's best for them and so the law that's good for the most people wins; or everyone tries to guess what's good for the most?)
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12) "In the end this comes down to whether the event is 5% to happen or 0.05% to happen." (a factor of 100! not all small numbers are equally small)
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13) "After a ton of discussion no one has yet poked any holes in this calculation; I think there's a chance it gives the right answer even though it's a shocking one." (shut up and multiply)
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14) "Come on, 10% is just implausibly low for something this volatile." (this isn't inconsistent with 13! both admit a significant chance the other is correct)
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15) "Oh yeah, nevermind, you're right!" (admitting you were wrong and moving on without drama)
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16) "Yeah, it turned out to be X, but it was pretty reasonable for you to have thought it was Y." (letting people move on from being wrong with their dignity intact)
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17) "There's smoke, and maybe there's a *little* bit of fire, but mostly it's just smoke, amplified by an echo chamber." (alternative take: they shouldered one of the hardest burdens for the entire industry so others could thrive; those parties recognize this)
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18) "Things are shitty between me and them, and I'm honestly not sure whose fault it is." (sometimes it doesn't matter whose fault it is)
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