Learning not to trust the All-In podcast

In this age of endless expertise, it's easy to be fooled into thinking someone is a true authority until you hear them speak on a topic you know well. There's a certain thrill in getting a glimpse behind the curtain, seeing the man (or woman) behind the rhetoric. While I tell myself that 40% of what they say is just made up or misinterpreted, I can't help but keep listening, captivated by the illusion of insight. Even when we know better, the siren song of perceived wisdom is hard to resist. At the end of the day, true expertise is rarer than we'd like to admit - but the fantasy is always enticing.

Wow, I didn't know this effect had a name. I've experienced it so many times.

I've also seen how politicians lie and tell half truths about stuff, where I know the full story like them.

It was in the article...

Shows that it's not safe to assume that a random Besserwisser on HN has read the article. In my defence I did skim through it though.

These guys are clearly at least somewhat intelligent and have brought up arguments in the past that I, in my infinite wisdom, haven’t considered. It’s up to me whether I take those arguments onboard after a sufficient amount of research. So I don’t think we should not listen at all. We should just not be all-in.

Totally. Combine with a nice sweater, a headset mic, a giant screen behind them, an audience and boom! Insta credibility. Looking like it is a TED talk is just as good as being a TED talk - and of course then all true! Deep expertise.. (maybe not these guys in particular. Just musing on some very good looking disinfi. Same thing as dressing people up in lab coats)