> trying to fight misinformation by just telling anonymous strangers "facts" It’s even worse when you realize that most mistruths are factual. You can very eas

> trying to fight misinformation by just telling anonymous strangers "facts" It’s even worse when you realize that most mistruths are factual. You can very easily lie with facts. The texas sharpshooter falaft is a great example. You get 500 samples, take 10 good samples, and say “Look! An objective truth in 10 samples we have success!”. You omit the other 490 You never said a lie, facts only, but the interpretation you lead people towards is a lie. Or a more common example: Thing Y increases your risk of X by up to ten times!!! Risk goes from 0.0001% to 0.001%. It’s completely irrelevant and you got a nice scary clickbait with objective facts.