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I wonder if this is partially caused by the internet spreading accurate knowledge for the first decade or so of its existence, which went against people’s exist

by soared 2y ago

I wonder if this is partially caused by the internet spreading accurate knowledge for the first decade or so of its existence, which went against people’s existing sets of beliefs. After which they’re primed that the beliefs they held for decades (pre-internet) could easily be wrong. How many times have you believed and old wives tale, but then found out it’s not true at all? Now apply that less to specific beliefs but more generally, and scale it across all your beliefs.

netsharc 2y ago
> After which they’re primed that the beliefs they held for decades (pre-internet) could easily be wrong. I wish the majority of dwellers of the Internet is able to do this (I feel I'm quite reflective), but it seems like a lot of the noise online is people insisting that they've been right the whole time...