# YogSothoth, how'd you get so fucking stupid? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 26, 2016, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogsothoth-howd-you-get-so-fucking-stupid/766996 "2016-09-26T23:58:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogsothoth-howd-you-get-so-fucking-stupid/766996/7 "2016-09-27T01:11:46Z")
I’ll post what I posted there, it should explain everything > [@Burn \[why doesn't it hurt?\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-why-doesnt-it-hurt/766934/25): > > Believing you’re right and actually being right are two different things. Are you a doctor? If not, you have no more reason to dispense medical advice than I do. And I’m the last person I would trust to make a diagnosis. > > That’s the trouble with going on the internet for advice. You take the bad along with the good. How many of the people above are doctors? I know there’s a few on the SD, but I didn’t know I was wrong, so therefore the advice I gave was 100% accurate based on my information at the time. All that guy needed to say was that it was inaccurate, no need to take shots at the ability of other people to give out advice. > [@Burn \[why doesn't it hurt?\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-why-doesnt-it-hurt/766934/27): > > Do the bacteria that would infect an untreated 3rd-degree burn wound and cause potentially life-threatening sepsis, know this? Does it matter? They are not the one giving advice > [@Burn \[why doesn't it hurt?\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-why-doesnt-it-hurt/766934/28): > > Anti-vaxxers believe vaccines cause autism. And they believe they’re correct. So by your logic “there’s no reason why they shouldn’t dispense vaccination advice,” since they believe they’re right. No. Anti-vaxxers refused to acknowledge evidence of how wrong they are. For me, its as simple as not knowing that all 3rd degree burns are open wounds. I know they are the most serious of burns, I know they generally are deadly if untreated, but in this case there exists an extra variable where common knowledge did not readily apply. 3rd degree burns should hurt a lot. That the OP said it didn’t made this an unusual situation. I would never say to someone who has 3rd degree burns all of their body “I’m sure its nothing, don’t see a doctor”. But if someone walks out of a burning building and he’s not hurt at all, that would be new information that must be processed against the common knowledge of burns. In this case, “seeing a doctor” might take a backseat to “Holy shit, you might be Superman!” In the case of anti-vaxxers, they readily have information available to them that proves them wrong that they refuse to believe. A couple of posts in this topic was all I needed to acknowledge I was wrong. I simply disagree that at the time, I was in a position to know that. > [@Burn \[why doesn't it hurt?\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-why-doesnt-it-hurt/766934/30): > > You don’t need specialized knowledege to know that third degree burns are serious and require medical attention. I didn’t think it was possible not to know this. They should usually hurt too, right? That is also common knowledge. That the OP said it didn’t hurt meant this was not your typical burn. And remember, I posted before others came in to say it could deaden the nerves, which I hadn’t taken into account. My posts after that was merely asking for explanation to help me understand the nature of the burn --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogsothoth-howd-you-get-so-fucking-stupid/766996)._