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Simple minded people - those without a willingness to question and consider, will always be led around by false information. It doesn't matter whether it's rur
by blunte 9y ago
Simple minded people - those without a willingness to question and consider, will always be led around by false information. It doesn't matter whether it's rural Texas or India.
Until we instill in people a willingness to think, question, and consider, we will continue to be plagued by ignorant masses. It doesn't help when there exists an active, malicious business model designed to keep ignorant people as willfully ignorant followers. *autocorrect fix
- stri8ed 9y agoYou are forgetting there is a real time & cognitive cost associated with performing analysis, especially if you are already biased on the issue. It's the same reason people can't stick to diets. People want to feel good now. So if you can give them another reason to like/hate Trump, you will find little resistance.
- noufalibrahim 9y agoSure but there is a coarser option (especially on social networks) - unsubscribe from bad groups and generally keep yourself away from stuff that has proven itself to be an unworthy source of information. It requires some amount of thought upfront but after that, it improves your experience. This is similar to you subscribing to a good newspaper rather than any tabloid rag.
- makomk 9y agoI've seen so many social media hoaxes started and spread lately by influential journalists who write for respected outlets, by prominent crusaders against fake news, by well-known employees of companies like Microsoft... Sure, all the news articles are about simple people being led astray by fake news, people who are nothing like the intelligent clued-in readers of those articles - that sells better after all - but that doesn't mean that everyone else is doing any better at it.