Re: Opinion Space

At Thu, 30 Jul 2026 19:42:44 -0400, Noah Sombrero <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Thu, 30 Jul 2026 21:47:37 +0000, Creon <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> >At Thu, 30 Jul 2026 14:02:12 -0700, Dude <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> Post your opinion here:
> >> 
> >
> >Fine, I shall:
> >
> >I think there is too much "baseline fallacy" in the economics
> >discussion.
> >
> >And, I think the idea that the wealthy buy politicians is
> >a bit trite.  
> 
> And the reason certain ideas become trite is...

$ dict trite
2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Trite \Trite\ (tr[imac]t), a. [L. tritus, p. p. of terere to
     rub, to wear out; probably akin to E. throw. See {Throw}, and
     cf. {Contrite}, {Detriment}, {Tribulation}, {Try}.]
     Worn out; common; used until so common as to have lost
     novelty and interest; hackneyed; stale; as, a trite remark; a
     trite subject. -- {Trite"ly}, adv. -- {Trite"ness}, n.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  trite
      adj 1: repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse;
             "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and
             commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer";
             "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn
             axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'" [syn:
             {banal}, {commonplace}, {hackneyed}, {old-hat},
             {shopworn}, {stock(a)}, {threadbare}, {timeworn},
             {tired}, {trite}, {well-worn}]

...and have I introduced you to the "panopticon" theory of media
dynamics?

Media doesn't report what everyone thinks, it reports what it wants
everyone to think everyone thinks.

Political corruption is a problem, but implying that _all_
wealthy people are part of that is...a baseline fallacy.

> 
> >My biz partner has met with the FCC, along
> >with other representatives from regional ISPs that he
> >picked up along the way.  Can't afford lobbiests?  Lobby yourself.
> >
> >Someday I'll have to tell you our "coopetition" story.
> >
> >> Note: The opinions expressed by informants are their own and do not 
> >> necessarily represent the views of all Usenet board subscribers.

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