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> Even though people may spew falsehoods the truth "just is" and will keep coming back up. I wish I had your level of confidence about this. I just feel like i

• andrepd 1y ago
  Indeed. In the ages pre-algorithmic social media and pre-generative AI I would agree that about truth. Now I'm not so sure.
  • kevindamm 1y ago
    funny, I still had this open from when I saw it mentioned in another thread on HN https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandolini%27s_law https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandolini%27s_law Debunking disinfo takes significantly more energy than it did to create it, although I have no more than anecdata to back it up I have yet to find anyone who disagrees. So, I too would like to believe that the truth prevails but imo it only does so when its champions are incredibly persistent.
• insin 1y ago
  > Besides, as the vilest Writer has his Readers, so the greatest Liar has his Believers; and it often happens, that if a Lie be believ’d only for an Hour, it has done its Work, and there is no farther occasion for it. Falsehood flies, and the Truth comes limping after it; so that when Men come to be undeceiv’d, it is too late; the Jest is over, and the Tale has had its Effect… -- Jonathan Swift, 1710 [1] (very apt that this has an ad in the middle of it) [1] http://books.google.com/books?id=KigTAAAAQAAJ&q=%22Truth+comes%22#v=snippet& http://books.google.com/books?id=KigTAAAAQAAJ&q=%22Truth+com...