You shouldn’t listen to people who promulgate such obvious scams.
How am I to know who’s generating quality content with quality sponsorships vs. those that aren’t? Particularly if I’m trying to learn about a topic I don’t have experience in.
"If it's on the internet, it's true" is a real thing.
The following isnt just for youtubers, its for all information.
As individuals, we can ensure they present evidence. If we're going to attempt something drastic off this evidence, ie, claim Scottish Lordship, we should validate the evidence ourselves or ask a credentialed validator. Ie, a Scottish lawyer.
* Did they present evidence? * If yes, do they posses credentials that make them a meaningful evaluator? * If yes, do other meaningful evaluators agree?
It's not dissimilar to the scientific method.
Or most of the time: Calling out Flat-Earthers and other tinfoil-hattery is most of what SciManDan does.
If someone you're trusting to instruct you on something suddenly starts pushing Doc's Miracle Remedy & Floor Wax, you might reasonably conclude they'll say anything for money and adjust your priors.
>If someone you're trusting to instruct you on something suddenly starts pushing Doc's Miracle Remedy & Floor Wax, you might reasonably conclude they'll say anything for money and adjust your priors.
Should read:
>If someone you're trusting to instruct you on something suddenly starts pushing Doc's Miracle Remedy & Floor Wax, you might reasonably conclude they have expanded their expertise to other areas, and you should trust the remedy and floor wax, and that anyone who disagrees with the someone you trust just does it because they are a) dumb, b) evil, c) part of a grand conspiracy to make you look stupid.
I know they don't know what they are talking about. How many youtubers actually understand WHY all those VPN companies are hawking horseshit with their ads about "protecting you from hackers" etc. They see other youtubers, often much more "knowledgeable" in the area of information in question hawking such things, so they feel comfortable taking money for those ads. If we want this to stop then 1) we need to find another way for these youtubers WHO ARE GENUINELY MAKING HIGH QUALITY AND IMPORTANT CONTENT to pay their bills and 2) help them understand that we don't want to be sold garbage, and how to understand the ad copy they've been told to spout is garbage.