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That’s true. Another thought: I’m pretty sure that many of the alternative facts that get passed around are not propagated despite being improbable, but becaus
by fallingfrog 5y ago
That’s true.
Another thought: I’m pretty sure that many of the alternative facts that get passed around are not propagated despite being improbable, but because they are improbable. The bigger lie triggers the amygdala in a way that the little one doesn’t, so that one is paradoxically more likely to get passed on.
Doesn’t help that every once in a while some conspiracy turns out to be true (cointelpro, Snowden documents).
- krapp 5y ago> The bigger lie triggers the amygdala in a way that the little one doesn’t, so that one is paradoxically more likely to get passed on. That would explain how a conspiracy theory about a secret cabal of blood-drinking satanic pedophiles among the Democratic Party went from 4chan shitposts to a nationwide Christian apocalypse cult to a political platform that actually got someone elected to the House of Representatives. Galaxy amygdala.