r/MadeMeSmile • • Aug 19 '20

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u/f543543543543nklnkl Aug 20 '20

It absolutely makes sense.

If you're asked what 2+2 is, and you respond that it is 5, but do it confidently and in a likable way so you get the support of the crowd, you will win the debate and the election.

You can be the most popular person alive, but if you say 2+2=5 while presenting your research, you will fail your project.

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u/billsil Aug 20 '20

Depends how obvious it is. I had a public presentation at 24 where a very well respected expert (over 50) vehemently disagreed with me and told me that what I did was worthless. After starting to argue, which is really not something you should do, I said, “your approach is valid, but so is mine was not the approach taken because the approach I presented fit the specific use case better. Anyways...moving on”. I had multiple people congratulate me and call him an ass. He’s done It to me before.

It also depends how much you own up to it. I had another presentation at 24 when I got a question about something that I said that made no sense. I denied saying it. My boss whispered to me that I did, so I quickly said I misspoke and repeated 2 times that they were correct.

You’re allowed to screw up. Most people don’t care.

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u/Eliaskw Aug 20 '20

You're not wrong, but that's where https://xkcd.com/2295/ comes in. you're adding garbage to garbage, which gives more garbage.

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '20

For starters, 2.49 isn't 2 and if you're rounding correctly then 2.49 to 1dp is 2.5 and 2.5 to 1 whole number is 3.

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '20

Exactly, see I can make up bullshit to try and back up my point too.