3 ms·
The problem is not that some of the suspicions of wrongdoing turn to be true, the problem is believing something that is clearly utter nonsense and has been deb
by throwaway8877 3y ago
The problem is not that some of the suspicions of wrongdoing turn to be true, the problem is believing something that is clearly utter nonsense and has been debunked constantly. Even worse, many of these are pushed by malicious state actors.
- drekipus 3y agoI just heard a good podcast on this last night by Ezra Klein (NY Times) with guest C.T Nguyen. Even the utterly nonsense can become a way to simplify the world and hold it all in your head, like a videogame. The attraction comes not from the plausibility of it but rather, the simplicity after a few challenging obstacles of understanding. IE: flat earth become a rather easy way to simplify global politics and ruling classes. It's not obviously absurd, as there's a few steps in reaching this "enlightenment"