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Has something like this happened before in history? Where we have the tools to avoid deaths both caused by COVID and the indirect deaths caused by a lack of hea
by bdibs 5y ago
Has something like this happened before in history? Where we have the tools to avoid deaths both caused by COVID and the indirect deaths caused by a lack of healthcare capacity, but the people refuse to use them?
- sprafa 5y agoObesity is a similar scourge, albeit it was not completely caused by misinformation. Tbh I now see our society as a memetic organism and I think the cleansing of people who don’t understand reality is just a part of the process at this point.
- proc0 5y ago> caused by misinformation It's so deadly it requires misinformation to kill people? Why do you think it's taking years for the public to reach consensus, if this is such a threat?
- andrekandre 5y agoi think a very real problem people face is its hard to discern what is reliable information (information overload, earned mistrust in "mainstream media", environment/culture, etc)
- proc0 5y agoI agree. We're in the Misinformation Era, which is precisely why even the "official" sources are not to be trusted.
- loonster 5y agoBanning "misinformation" makes all non banned information suspect.
- andrekandre 5y agoyep, i think this is a very real paradox banning misinformation might work short term, but longterm i suspect it will further harm things... long term credibility needs to be won back the hard way me thinks...