
Scholars find:
ā No evidence of an increase in misperceptions
ā No evidence of an increase in conspiracy theories
ā If anything an *increase* in basic political knowledge


This is an important topic.
I think many people express excessive levels of concern about too many different things. It's incoherent and reflects a failure to set priorities. By definition, only a small number of things can be the truly important things.

@LAamcneary @LAamcneary

I think if you read me regularly you'll see there are issues that I do think are very important.
But I try to be restrained in the number of subjects I attach top-tier significance to because otherwise you're not conveying any information.


In summary, vaccine skepticism is a fairly serious problem but I don't think "misinformation" is the right way to think about what the problem actually is.
Knowing all the details of the Kennedy Assassination is the hallmark of a crank.
slowboring.com/p/misinformatiā¦


U.S. intelligence officials allege a conservative financial website with a significant U.S. readership is amplifying Kremlin propaganda. Officials said Zero Hedge, with 1.2 million Twitter followers, published articles created by Moscow-controlled media.


Now that Iowa isnāt a swing state and the caucuses donāt matter anymore and high commodity prices are annoying people maybe we can do something about this?

David Roberts @drvolts

There ought to be a collective of software-freedom folks who sit around thinking of the most heinous applications of new technology, and then do the bare minimum implementation needed to patent the idea & sue anyone who later attempts to implement anything similar.

Good enough reason for improving relation with Iran

Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein