Comment on Information based on lived experience is far less valued than a quick Google answer.
PiraHxCx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
You mean a record of collective experience painting a bigger picture about a subject may be more valued than a single anecdotal account?
Ask a white middle class boomer how was growing up in the American 50s and he might say it was a great time based on his experience… a black person might give a different perspective…
Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Ask Google what sex feels like, how to foster a strong platonic relationship, how to positively interact with a profoundly intellectually disabled person, how exactly should a roux smell when its ready to use, ask it what you should do for a living. I’m in no way saying it’s not an incredibly useful tool. I’m thinking its over valued in some cases because it confirms internally held biases without the user actually interacting with the context of their questions.
PiraHxCx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
I get your point, and I was actually kinda playing devil’s advocate here, I really thought I’d be the one getting downvoted lol
Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Nah it’s a both are good type situation just varies on what for imo.
FishFace@piefed.social 5 days ago
Ask a person what sex feels like or how should a roux smell - these are not things you can explain in words, whether it’s in an article or in person.
Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world 4 days ago
That’s not true at all.
FishFace@piefed.social 4 days ago
Go on then.
dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
You’re describing qualia which are necessarily subjective. These accounts are not helpful whether you get them from Google or anywhere else.
Anecdotes may be interesting, but on the whole they are not as useful as objective answers.