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Making the case for Ed Zitron as the last of the great bloggers

19 points · 15 comments · bediger4000

  1. fotcorn · · focus · HN ↗
    Maybe not the greatest blogger, but certainly the most wrong blogger: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;danluu.com&#x2F;zitron&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;danluu.com&#x2F;zitron&#x2F;

    Discussed on HN: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=49526069">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=49526069

    1. dumberquestions · · focus · HN ↗
      Being reliably wrong is indistinguishable from having superhuman predictive ability.
      1. HedonicEscal8r · · focus · HN ↗
        No, it&#x27;s actually very easy to consistently make wrong predictions. You&#x27;re imagining a scenario where the incorrect and correct options are symmetric in some way, such as predicting whether a stock will go up or down.
        1. dumberquestions · · focus · HN ↗
          Yeah it&#x27;s wrong in a specific way that probably doesn&#x27;t apply here but I wanted to emphasize how impressive it is to be professionally wrong for so long.
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