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Cost of making up a rumor : 2c Cost of proving a rumor is false : $$$ Cost of disseminating that proof to say 90% of people fooled: $$ Cost of persuading tho
by fhub 2y ago
Cost of making up a rumor : 2c
Cost of proving a rumor is false : $$$
Cost of disseminating that proof to say 90% of people fooled: $$
Cost of persuading those 90% that your proof is more reliable than the rumor: $$$$$
- lesuorac 2y agoAnd of course if you make a rumor that everybody else's vaccines cause autism you can profit off it by making an autism-free vaccine.
- spondylosaurus 2y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandolini's_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandolini's_law
- tzs 2y agoAdd: Cost of updating the rumor just enough so the proof it was false no longer quite applies: 1c Also, in addition to dollar costs there are time costs which similarly favor the rumor maker over the rumor debunker.