@losingcontrol23 😅 i actually do this a fair amount though? ppl here who i've previously assessed to be smarter than me / more knowledgeable about X topic / more introspective / more socially aware / etc, i def give a lot of weight to what they say without evidence each time...
@losingcontrol23 but i guess it's good that ppl here don't all share the same assessments of who's Very Smart so my deference != his deference & doesn't just become consensus as easily (plus the abundance of disagreeables looking to Well Ackshually 😻)
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