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Meh, of course lies spread faster than truth. You can design the lies for virality and transmission speed but the truth by definition is not designable.
by nsoonhui 6y ago
Meh, of course lies spread faster than truth. You can design the lies for virality and transmission speed but the truth by definition is not designable.
- ncmncm 6y ago"A lie will go 'round the world while the truth is pulling its boots on." -- C. H. Spurgeon, 1859 "Falsehood flies, and the truth comes limping after it." -- Jonathan Swift, 1710
- lern_too_spel 6y agoIt doesn't even have to be designed. Conspiracy theorists share wacky conspiracy stories, while reasonable people who read reasonable stories just think, "Of course, that's obvious," and don't bother to spread those stories.
- powerapple 6y agonot only this. We are wired to believe there is something bad or dangerous to any story, it is a skill we developed through evolution to survive. Things are bad until there is hard proof it is good. That way we don't wander around and get eaten by lions.