>> If this is the endgame, it's good that computers exist. >> Without Twitter, the public might believe absurd lies. >> Nowadays, the lies would have to be pre

>> If this is the endgame, it's good that computers exist. >> Without Twitter, the public might believe absurd lies. >> Nowadays, the lies would have to be pretty nuanced to >> have an effect. I completely disagree. Just look at the presidential candidates: someone who is regarded as a serial liar, someone who wants to give everything for free yet is ridiculed for not understanding economics, a billionaire who takes opposite sides of issues even on the same day, a brain surgeon who is forgotten in the polls, etc. People believe many things even without a single shred of proof. "Crowdsourcing of truth" should be the meme of Twitter.