Mendel
Senior Member.
I like this as an example how it doesn't take a conspiracy theory to think "I know what I saw, the experts are wrong".
Please watch this short video, it's only 1:38 minutes.
Source: https://youtube.com/shorts/8uBFyVWuWsw
It's about someone who changes the oil in their differential, filling it up to the hole, and finds that the amount given in the manual is wrong. The video demonstrates this clearly.
When you think you've found an error in well established knowledge, it's usually the best course of action to figure out what you got wrong.
This was a very shallow rabbit hole, and the video's author escaped easily.
But mentally, the attitude of taking "I've found something wrong" un-self-critically (or trusting people who have this attitude) is tempting, and should prompt everyone to triple-check the evidence and their understanding of it,
Please watch this short video, it's only 1:38 minutes.
Source: https://youtube.com/shorts/8uBFyVWuWsw
It's about someone who changes the oil in their differential, filling it up to the hole, and finds that the amount given in the manual is wrong. The video demonstrates this clearly.
Commenters pointed out that the method only works correctly when the car is level, but the car in the video is not.
The author admits that he raised a wheel up to get a better camera view, which tilted the car.
The author admits that he raised a wheel up to get a better camera view, which tilted the car.
This was a very shallow rabbit hole, and the video's author escaped easily.
But mentally, the attitude of taking "I've found something wrong" un-self-critically (or trusting people who have this attitude) is tempting, and should prompt everyone to triple-check the evidence and their understanding of it,
