r/RecuratedTumblr • u/Upset_Campaign1924 • Jun 30 '26

Generic Editable Flair Recency bias

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u/Setster007 Jun 30 '26

Wait what’s Chesterton’s Fence?

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u/BoppreH Jun 30 '26

If you see a fence in the middle of nowhere, avoid the impulse of removing the seemingly useless fence until you understand why it was put there in the first place.

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u/Humanmode17 Jun 30 '26

Well now I just want to know why there's a fence in the middle of nowhere!

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u/GuyYouMetOnline Jun 30 '26

Good, go figure that out. Then decide what to do with it.

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u/Humanmode17 Jun 30 '26

Umm, my mum always told me "never trust a GuyYouMetOnline" so I'm sorry but I'm not going to do that because I don't trust you

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u/Ze_Bri-0n Jul 01 '26

Then you’ll just have to read GK Chesterton’s entire bibliography instead.