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Just a suspicion? We all realize this is a fiction, right? Poe's law is in effect and with some of the comments I'm unsure if people are taking it seriously, o
by endorphone 9y ago
Just a suspicion?
We all realize this is a fiction, right? Poe's law is in effect and with some of the comments I'm unsure if people are taking it seriously, or if it's one group laugh and inside joke. I am baffled that this story is topping HN.
I have to cite Captain Disillusion's most recent video-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5EDORs8Jkk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5EDORs8Jkk
(he is awesome, as an aside)
These fictions were once a fun ruse, but the power of the internet has made them much more damaging because there are an enormous number of people who actually believe the nonsense. I just discovered this weekend that my neighbour is a flat Earther, for instance.
- nkrisc 9y agoI assumed it was fiction purely based on the absurdity of the claim. However it, perhaps intentionally, sounds similar to supernatural claims made in earnest. I was commenting on the fact that these phenomena tend to only occur "when no one is looking." Somehow they seem to defy empirical measurement...
- KirinDave 9y agoI suspect there are some sheepish folks that are regretting posts. I've already caught a few being deleted. I guess it really is important to remember the internet is full of people without an intermediate physics education.