Aces High Bulletin Board

General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Chairboy on May 29, 2005, 12:20:12 AM

Title: Internet BBSs: An explanation
Post by: Chairboy on May 29, 2005, 12:20:12 AM

http://www.scottberkun.com/essays/essay40.htm

Interesting read.
Opening paragraph:

Quote

Why smart people defend bad ideas
By Scott Berkun, April 2005


We all know someone that’s intelligent, but who occasionally defends obviously bad ideas. Why does this happen? How can smart people take up positions that defy any reasonable logic? Having spent many years working with smart people I’ve catalogued many of the ways this happens, and I have advice on what to do about it. I feel qualified to write this essay as I’m a recovering smart person myself and I’ve defended several very bad ideas. So if nothing else this essay serves as a kind of personal therapy session. However, I fully suspect you’ll get more than just entertainment value (“Look, Scott is stupider than we thought!”) out of what I have to say on this topic.