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Despite these facts, the availability heuristic (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Availability_heuristic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Availability_heuristic) ensu
by nirmel 11y ago
Despite these facts, the availability heuristic (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Availability_heuristic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Availability_heuristic) ensures that our perception of probabilities is proportional to how dramatic (and thus memorable) an event is and not to how likely it is.
- raus22 11y agoFearmongering is the best/easiest tool to create the feeling of us against them so you don't have to think about the problems that are way worse (probabilistically speaking). And it is good TV( AKA availability heuristics enabler )
- Guthur 11y ago...and it's well understood and used throughout history. "The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country." Hermann Goering
- puppetmaster3 11y agoYes, refugees like Tsarnaev tend to influence.