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Facts can be paired with other facts in a way deliberately designed to mislead.
by Andrex 3y ago
Facts can be paired with other facts in a way deliberately designed to mislead.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 3y agoThat's true but I think it's disingenuous to say that countering enemy propaganda must also be propaganda. It doesn't have to be.
- DinaCoder99 3y agoNobody is forcing you to call it anything—you could just as easily call it "marketing" or "news". Anyway, "fact" is a convenient fantasy in most cases when you actually mean "strong belief grounded in sources you trust".
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 3y agoWords are all the same or meaningless and there is no truth or facts? Thanks for imparting some wisdom comrade.
- DinaCoder99 3y agoI think that "strong belief grounded in degrees of trust" is a much more powerful concept than "fact" in practice, not to mention one that's much more difficult to attack from a theory of knowledge perspective especially in a post-Wittgenstein world, but I understand why this is such a controversial concept when there's such a focus on folks actively undermining this.