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How is that differentiable from a world in which a large amount of partial/incomplete information is produced naturally?
by FeepingCreature 7y ago
How is that differentiable from a world in which a large amount of partial/incomplete information is produced naturally?
- germinalphrase 7y agoScale and intentionality. Kasparov has talked about reading an interview he “gave” to a supposedly anti-Putin newspaper in which his political positions are acknowledged, but subtle changes are made that weaken his arguments and discredit him personally. The ability to create entire media organizations, websites, troll farms, etc. with the explicit intention of sowing confusion and kneecapping the ability of the populations to discern what is actually happening in the world around them is only a tool available - at scale - to a certain class of people.
- inimino 7y agoThe bias of the partial information matters.
- asdff 7y agoWhen supposed figures of authority like the POTUS are contributing to the junk for their own benefit
- FeepingCreature 7y agoI feel like that would happen regardless.