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This is an interesting podcast[1] describing the phenomena you're experiencing. At a high level, you're inclined to believe anyone that aligns with your views
by joeblau 8y ago
This is an interesting podcast[1] describing the phenomena you're experiencing. At a high level, you're inclined to believe anyone that aligns with your views regardless of intelligence, logic, expertise or facts. It goes into how people cognitavely consume and intercept news.
I would say that I'm personally still open, but I think Apple has done over the years to earn its reputation of trust than Bloomberg. I feel like Bloomberg is going to double down in the next few weeks, but we'll see what happens.
[1] - https://dataskeptic.com/blog/episodes/2018/cultural-cognition-of-scientific-consensus https://dataskeptic.com/blog/episodes/2018/cultural-cognitio...
- Angostura 8y agoPersonally, I feel that Bloomberg is a generally trustworthy source and when it comes to security, Apple is a generally trustworthy company. So there's an interesting juxtaposition here.
- RobertoG 8y agoI have asked myself (only half seriously) if what we are seeing here is not an attack on Bloomberg instead of Apple or Amazon.
- makomk 8y agoApparently this isn't even the first cybersecurity story these particular Bloomberg reporters have screwed up though: https://twitter.com/RobertMLee/status/1049617855396933632 https://twitter.com/RobertMLee/status/1049617855396933632
- allemagne 8y agoNote that the author of the tweet you're linking also believes that these reporters were being honest about what sources were telling them.