> by a random internet person.
The creator of Redis.
The creator of Redis.
> woah buddy this persons opinion isn’t worth anything more than a random homeless person off the street. they’re not an expert in this field
Is there a term for this kind of pedantry? Obviously we can put more weight behind the words a person says if they’ve proven themselves trustworthy in prior areas - and we should! We want all people to speak and let the best idea win. If we fallback to only expert opinions are allowed that’s asking to get exploited. And it’s also important to know if antirez feels comfortable spouting nonsense.
This is like a basic cornerstone of a functioning society. Though, I realize this “no man is innately better than another, evaluate on merit” is mostly a western concept which might be some of my confusion.
no, you shouldn't
this is how you end up with crap like vaccine denialism going mainstream
"but he's a doctor!"
We've got Avi Loeb on mainstream podcasts and TV spouting baseless alien nonsense. He's a preeminent in his field, after all.
Focus on what you understand. If you don't understand, learn more.
His entirely unsupported statements about AGI are pretty useless, for instance.
So many people assume AGI is possible, yet no one has a concrete path to it or even a concrete definition of what it or what form it might take.