When I tell people about Bitcoin, I don’t expect them to blindly follow my lead and dump their money into it

However, maybe I could be taken even moderately seriously and they’ll verify instead of trusting me.

But as well all know, almost no one will do that. Almost no one will hear you out and then investigate shit for themselves.

Because people who do that are extremists, conspiracy theorists, etc…

And that fundamental problem is probably responsible for a lot of nonsense in the world. People who know nothing about things tend to be experts on said thing. It’s the ultimate irony.

I had a kid tell me at 16k “crypto is dead. It’s leading us towards the 7th largest mass extinction event. My dad is a finance guy and he said it’s worthless”. This man is a research and development scientist. I cannot tell you how little respect I have for someone who claims to be a “scientist” while subscribing to ABC News dogma.