It's usually also false, just a way to pretend one's smarter than others, a way of affecting "savvy"—as @jayrosen_nyu puts it. If you dig into to the "this isn't surprising" crowd you often find weak analytic ability and no prescient work that shows they really weren't surprised.https://twitter.com/lorenzofb/status/1033047965101903872 …
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Anyway, my view is that the savvy crowd—besides recognizing the damage they do to critical understanding—should not be indulged. Nothing will convince them; it's about their own affect. Their key use for me is to see who takes that affect seriously. Good litmus test.
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Every time someone does that to me, my mind replaces what they're saying with "oh yea, I liked Mumford and Sons before they were popular." It clarifies a lot.
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