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I'm glad the minds over at MIT are working on this issue, as I think it will be the most trying problem of our time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullshit#Bul
by iamcasen 9y ago
I'm glad the minds over at MIT are working on this issue, as I think it will be the most trying problem of our time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullshit#Bullshit_asymmetry_principle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullshit#Bullshit_asymmetry_pr...
It's the reason propaganda works: people can only stand against the flow for so long before their will is broken down. If you are assaulted every day by messages, without any possibility of verifying their veracity, you will either shutdown completely, or become influenced by lies. Trust is a huge part of the human experience, and the internet has eroded that.