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The same logic could be used in saying the word NO, if a person says NO the first time, he is more likely to say NO the second time, and a third time. So we sh

• krapp 4y ago
  > The same logic could be used in saying the word NO, if a person says NO the first time, he is more likely to say NO the second time, and a third time. Yes, that's what a verbal tic is, people develop them all the time. But you're purposely ignoring the complexity of human psychology and social dynamics involved in what I'm talking about and employing a reductionist "logic' that doesn't even relate to my point. I'm not the one using black and white thinking. A better example of what i'm talking about would be the "Big Lie," a propaganda technique employed by Goebbels and Stalin. It works because people will eventually believe something, even something they know to be false, simply because it's repeated often enough. In an environment where one is surrounded by truth-bubbles like social media, that effect is multiplied because the propaganda tends to come from people you already trust. I mean look at most threads about conspiracy theory here on HN and you'll see plenty of comments justifying conspiracy A because conspiracy B was proven to be true, even though that makes no rational sense. That's the way people are.