Bard spotting on Bluesky 09 November 2024

Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):

Especially not Smart People

Smart people are the easiest to fool, because they've been told their whole lives the conman's opening line, "I Trust You To See True"

Question everything, especially what you're confident about

Josephus Brown (@josephusbrown.bsky.social):

I took a great class called Psychology of Persuasion that included a valuable text called Age of Propaganda, I've been on this train for ages now.

A lot of it is just "how do people take in information and make decisions." We pretend people are rational but they are not. Even smart people.

Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):

When I was at University I became enchanted with Taoism, which teaches humility and to pursue beginner's mind and that the confident are foolish

I wish I'd understood it better then. I was certain I'd grasped it. Hah. No teacher like the burned hand.