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[–] 5 points 3 months ago (6 children)

People on Lemmy exist at a very high technical level. This place is full of people with advanced degrees in STEM.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago* (3 children)

    That your assessment is very wrong. You may not understand the average person here or who they are.

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  • [–] -2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

    I'm aware many people here have a lot of tech knowledge. I don't see how that proves what I wrote was wrong. Firstly because there are also a substantial number who don't fit that mold. And secondly because experts can also get caught up in groupthink and misinformation. Especially on topics outside their specific subfield.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago*

    People who are into technology tend to know a little bit about a lot of things that still rises well beyond the level of the average person. You don't get onto Lemmy without having some tech ability unless someone helped you set it up.

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    possibly due to misinformation about its environmental costs.

    You made a very strong set of assumptions:

    • The environmental cost is exaggerated

    • People are misinformed about it

    You then failed to substantiate your claim with any argument or evidence.

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