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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
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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.
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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.
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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¦
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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.
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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?
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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.
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Good enough reason for improving relation with Iran
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