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Now the entire orthodoxy is facing reckoning for their sloppy and censorious actions. Hardly - I do wish you were correct in this, but the same culprits in cov
by forgingahead 5y ago
Now the entire orthodoxy is facing reckoning for their sloppy and censorious actions.
Hardly - I do wish you were correct in this, but the same culprits in covering it up have root access to the minds of millions of people. They can just do what they're doing right now, present the lab-leak theory as new "news" and congratulate themselves for being the ones to educate and inform us unwashed masses.
There is no reckoning. The emperor has no clothes but many people just don't care.
- infamouscow 5y agoThe American public isn't stupid despite what politicians and media reporters believe.
- forgingahead 5y agoUnfortunately I don't think it's a case of "stupid" or "clever". Human beings are inherently susceptible to being influenced, and the levers are well-known in some circles already (see marketing, media orgs, and spy agencies). We're all programmable, "moist robots" as Scott Adams calls it, and even if we think we're too smart to fall for it, we can still be manipulated by motivated actors. The first defence is of course to be aware of it, but others include firewalling ourselves from information we consume. Being super judicious with consuming in the first place is the best defense.