this post was submitted on 06 Jan 2024
288 points (86.2% liked)

memes

10177 readers
2083 users here now

Community rules

1. Be civilNo trolling, bigotry or other insulting / annoying behaviour

2. No politicsThis is non-politics community. For political memes please go to [email protected]

3. No recent repostsCheck for reposts when posting a meme, you can only repost after 1 month

4. No botsNo bots without the express approval of the mods or the admins

5. No Spam/AdsNo advertisements or spam. This is an instance rule and the only way to live.

Sister communities

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

I considered deleting the post, but this seems more cowardly than just admitting I was wrong. But TIL something!

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago (1 children)

There’s no problem at all with not understanding something, and I’d go so far as to say it’s virtuous to seek understanding. I’m talking about a certain phenomenon that is overrepresented in STEM discussions, of untrained people (who’ve probably took some internet IQ test) thinking they can hash out the subject as a function of raw brainpower. The ceiling for “natural talent” alone is actually incredibly low in any technical subject.

There’s nothing wrong with meming on a subject you’re not familiar with, in fact it’s often really funny. It’s the armchair experts in the thread trying to “umm actually…” the memer when their “experience” is a YouTube video at best.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

It’s the armchair experts in the thread trying to “umm actually…” the memer when their “experience” is a YouTube video at best.

And don't you worry, that YouTuber with sketchy credibility and high production values has got an exclusive course just for you! Ugh. Lol