I think escalation is the problem here, similar to concerns about "the algorithm" (YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, etc). Some people who begin with reasonable questi

I think escalation is the problem here, similar to concerns about "the algorithm" (YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, etc). Some people who begin with reasonable questions in the vein of example #2 are radicalized into believing falsehoods because they are getting their answers from poison information sources.