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Likewise. The HN I read is full of anti-epistemological conspiracy theorists these days.
by jamesaguilar 13y ago
Likewise. The HN I read is full of anti-epistemological conspiracy theorists these days.
- anigbrowl 13y agoWe're just suffering from 'just world' syndrome.
- api 13y agoThanks for the reference... this is precisely what I mean by elite naiveté... a bias toward thinking that the mechanisms of the world are more just and fair than they actually are. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just-world_hypothesis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just-world_hypothesis
- anigbrowl 13y agoI know, but I also think it has become a political nostrum that's used to shut down debate as often as open it up. It's easy to fall into a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_world_syndrome http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_world_syndrome mindset as well; this used to be considered a mass media pehnomenon, but relatively small internet communities fulfil the same function. In short, not all good news is propaganda.