For context, the post I’m referring to is a map of Africa with subsaharia Africa in deep green, Sudan in light green and north Africa was white or some other color. The poster was claiming nothing had ever been invented in the green zone. My comment was gonna be this:
Antiseptics before Europeans.
Iron Smelting Not the first to discover it, but recent evidence show it was invented independently.
Some modern Archtecture taking inspiration from Sudano-Sahelian features such as a roof shape favoring natural ventilation. And since I just transitioned to recent inventions, there’s the Cardio Pad, invented in Cameroon, to help diagnose cardiovascular disease.
Their feelings don’t care about your facts.
Yeah, don’t waste your time looking up sources for people who aren’t interested in changing their mind.
But maybe I am interested? Fact checking isnt just useful for the primary offender but for anyone else reading their lies, that might get the wrong idea of what the truth is.
Then you should do it. My point is that if you think you’re going to change someone’s mind who just wants to argue, your energy is better directed elsewhere.
There’s value there, it’s just not in convincing the person you’re responding to. Speak to the other people reading their bullshit. Nonsense starts to look legitimate if it’s not challenged.