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Do not hold that belief. Please realize that brains are hackable, and that there is always a set of content that will be absorbed by a brain which appears plau
by intended 8y ago
Do not hold that belief.
Please realize that brains are hackable, and that there is always a set of content that will be absorbed by a brain which appears plausible to the brain, but in reality is false.
Ideas can be configured to get past an audience’s mental defenses. It will happen to you, and you will see it happen to your children, your educated parents, your well mannered neighbors and more.
Maybe there is a mental type which is immune to conspiracies, but that kind of immunity will come with some other mental cost.
I’m seeing gentle people in my family, repeat sentences that always predicted a user was being radicalized/polarized online.
The only safe move is to get off of social media.