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The best parts IMHO: > One informant told [...] that his job involved ‘characterizing the reality of a situation with any description that is necessary to make
by fagnerbrack 5y ago
The best parts IMHO:
> One informant told [...] that his job involved ‘characterizing the reality of a situation with any description that is necessary to make that situation more palatable to some group that matters . . . Everyone knows that it’s bullshit, but it’s accepted. This is the game’ (Jackall, 1986, p. 145)
and
> the effort they need to put in to refute bullshit is often of an order of magnitude greater than what is required to produce the bullshit in the first place (Brandolini, 2014)
- hanniabu 5y agoThat second one is exactly why misinformation has so easily taken hold.
- hef19898 5y agoQuantity is a Quality of its own.
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- throw10920 5y agoAnd false claims of misinformation! It's far easier to falsely claim that something is misinformation than it is to refute the claim and show that it is in fact reasonable or factual. We're in a misinformation bull market!
- rq1 5y ago>> the effort they need to put in to refute bullshit is often of an order of magnitude greater than what is required to produce the bullshit in the first place (Brandolini, 2014) So P != NP?
- jkhdigital 5y agoI had a similar thought: time for a bullshit-powered cryptosystem?
- Majromax 5y agoIsn't that just cryptocurrency?