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From: Gary McGath <garym@mcgath.com>
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On 6/1/24 11:37 PM, Cryptoengineer wrote:

> Ive noticed a growing trend of people who reject formal expertise
> and rigorous, data based knowledge development, instead loudly
> espousing ill informed, unsupported positions, mostly obtained
> from social media. 
....
> 
> I think it makes people feel 'smart', that they have a special handle on
> what's going on, even when it's based on demonstrable idiocies.
> 

And now with post-ChatGPT AI, computers are doing it without human 
intervention.

-- 
Gary McGath    http://www.mcgath.com