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by throwaway0a5e 1553 days ago
>It's far better to wait for the NTSB accident report...

You seem to be measuring "better" in terms of "not saying things that may become obviously false as more information becomes available with time".

Many internet commenters measure better in terms of how many internet virtue points they get, hence all the completely baseless speculation you get on literally any developing news story. I'm sure those people disagree with my assessment but their actions tell a different story.

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I enjoy 'completely baseless speculation'. To me, it's especially interesting regarding subjects i know nothing about. I understand plane enquires may take years, so its always interesting to see who was most correct, as well as the more immediate satisfaction of another speculator negating a proposition, and proposing another.
It’s just like playing roulette and then associating intelligence of the player with the correctness of numbers they chose