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Video is more effective than text, because people think they've seen whatever event and formed their own conclusions. Those are much stronger than just being to
by kadoban 4y ago
Video is more effective than text, because people think they've seen whatever event and formed their own conclusions. Those are much stronger than just being told what happened.
- autoexec 4y agoI've seen it argued that text is worse because it forces people to read the words with their own inner voice. Somewhere in this discussion is a guy who linked to studies saying you are incapable of reading anything without believing it. (Do you believe me?) Text, photoshop, special effects, deepfakes they're all just tools for spreading ideas, but we've been dealing (to some degree of success) with folks telling lies for as long as we've had language. I just can't see this fundamentally changing anything except the level of skepticism we give to video which (considering what hollywood has been capable of for some time) we should have been developing already.
- kadoban 4y ago> I've seen it argued that text is worse because it forces people to read the words with their own inner voice. Somewhere in this discussion is a guy who linked to studies saying you are incapable of reading anything without believing it. Seems like there'd have to be some big caveats for that to be at all true, but it is interesting. I've read a lot of ridiculous crap and haven't been persuaded by much of it. > (Do you believe me?) No.
- autoexec 4y agoYou've just disproved his point, but it was here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32939058#32940128 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32939058#32940128
- kadoban 4y agoAhh, that study. That's an interesting one. I don't think I'd summarize it as "we believe what we read" so much as "correcting false information isn't as easy as telling people they're wrong".