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After watching the PewDiePipeline [1] video, and now learning about the Yogapipeline ... I'm starting to wonder if this is a consequence of "flooding" or accumu

After watching the PewDiePipeline [1] video, and now learning about the Yogapipeline ... I'm starting to wonder if this is a consequence of "flooding" or accumulation of disinformation due to an always-on firehose of falsehood [2]. [1] https://youtu.be/pnmRYRRDbuw https://youtu.be/pnmRYRRDbuw [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firehose_of_falsehood https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firehose_of_falsehood

RetroTechie 3y ago
How are people supposed to tell falsehoods from truth? If such a thing exists - many things aren't b/w, but shades of grey, undetermined, or "it depends". For every scientific study that shows X, there will be other studies showing !X. People aren't scientists peer-reviewing or questioning paper author's (potential) conflict of interest. So they seek trusted 'authorities' to tell them what's what. Like friends, co-workers, news anchors, talk show hosts, sometimes government institutions. Or these days... cough. influencers.. cough. In many wellness situations, there's at least some kind of trust relation between practicioners & clients. So having them serve as source-of-truth is not that strange, really.
- JuanPosadas 3y ago
  > For every scientific study that shows X, there will be other studies showing !X No need for even that, most misinformation cites studies that don't even say what the misinformation is citing them for. Even more common is YouTube videos titled "[something] actually happening!" and in the video a dude will ramble about nothing for an hour and nothing actually happened as far as evidence presented in the video goes. But passing the YouTube video around with a title like that seems to be equivalent to evidence for the modern internet scroller it seems.
shrimp_emoji 3y ago
Ah, yes, NonCompete. When's PewDiePie going to the gulag--err, "reform centers"[0]? [0] https://youtu.be/Hmy1jjRnl8I?t=609 https://youtu.be/Hmy1jjRnl8I?t=609
- hotdogscout 3y ago
  inb4 a wave of downvotes crashing on you for questioning the left in any way.
- rolandog 3y ago
  I'll have to watch that video after work; but from watching about ~30 seconds it seems like he may be equating capitalism to a malady of some sort (something that needs treatment); it's an interesting theory that reminds me of a group of people that quarantined individuals that were angry so that they didn't end up "infecting" others (which I can't find at the moment, but will look up later).

RetroTechie 3y ago

How are people supposed to tell falsehoods from truth? If such a thing exists - many things aren't b/w, but shades of grey, undetermined, or "it depends". For every scientific study that shows X, there will be other studies showing !X. People aren't scientists peer-reviewing or questioning paper author's (potential) conflict of interest. So they seek trusted 'authorities' to tell them what's what. Like friends, co-workers, news anchors, talk show hosts, sometimes government institutions. Or these days... cough. influencers.. cough. In many wellness situations, there's at least some kind of trust relation between practicioners & clients. So having them serve as source-of-truth is not that strange, really.

JuanPosadas 3y ago
> For every scientific study that shows X, there will be other studies showing !X No need for even that, most misinformation cites studies that don't even say what the misinformation is citing them for. Even more common is YouTube videos titled "[something] actually happening!" and in the video a dude will ramble about nothing for an hour and nothing actually happened as far as evidence presented in the video goes. But passing the YouTube video around with a title like that seems to be equivalent to evidence for the modern internet scroller it seems.

shrimp_emoji 3y ago

Ah, yes, NonCompete. When's PewDiePie going to the gulag--err, "reform centers"[0]? [0] https://youtu.be/Hmy1jjRnl8I?t=609 https://youtu.be/Hmy1jjRnl8I?t=609

hotdogscout 3y ago
inb4 a wave of downvotes crashing on you for questioning the left in any way.
rolandog 3y ago
I'll have to watch that video after work; but from watching about ~30 seconds it seems like he may be equating capitalism to a malady of some sort (something that needs treatment); it's an interesting theory that reminds me of a group of people that quarantined individuals that were angry so that they didn't end up "infecting" others (which I can't find at the moment, but will look up later).