People Invent Superstitions When Evaluating Information Costs Too Much
RexDouglass · x · 2026-08-17
Observing a pushback against the realization that determining an artifact's value requires consuming it, and guessing from metadata needs even more info, people revert to superstitions. Replies note science already suffers from midwits and cargo-cultists, and attracting civilian attention brings more entitled tourists.
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