army1987 comments on Open thread, September 15-21, 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion
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Trust it for what purposes?
Trust to not be politically biased.
Given the way I use it I don't care whether they're politically unbiased, just whether they're less addictive than blogs and Facebook.
So another voter defects in the rational ignorance collective action problem.
Why would the knowledge of who won the World Cup or how many kids Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have any relevance at all when deciding whom to vote for?
(I jest, but LeechBlock is going to get me the hell out of here in a minute and a half so I don't have time to write a more serious reply.)