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Eric Weinstein has some thoughts on this: https://mobile.twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/942081705615155200 https://mobile.twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/9

Eric Weinstein has some thoughts on this: https://mobile.twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/942081705615155200 https://mobile.twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/94208170561... Read the paper he links to there.

User23 8y ago
The decline in trust in "experts" isn't because people are stupid, it's because even uneducated Americans are actually pretty smart, more than smart enough to know when they're being lied to. This applies to people on both sides of the issues, it's just that the people who prefer the liars' side pretend not to notice the lying since they perceive it as beneficial to their interests.
- fooker 8y ago
  >even uneducated Americans are actually pretty smart, more than smart enough to know when they're being lied to. How do you explain the enormous viewership of Fox news?
  - User23 8y ago
    Their competition is incompetent.
    - fooker 8y ago
      How is their competition relevant for determining whether they are lying?
      - User23 8y ago
        That’s a different question. I’m not a mind reader so I have no idea if they are lying or just incorrect when they say things that aren’t true.