Sun Mar 03, 2019 10:55 pm
#1678857
I posted in the “Neverendum” thread a rebuttal of a posting that had been shared on social media thousands... perhaps hundreds of thousands or millions of times. .
The content fitted the narrative of some and so it confirmed their view. Indeed some of the points made had been repeated in the forum thread.
That was exactly the intention of those who created the largely falacious material. They also know that any number of rebuttals (even if they are made by eminent academics and evidence based) will largely fall on deaf ears.
Has something changed that causes us to fall prey to stuff like this or was it always thus? Are those who create such material merely the cofidence tricksters of the 21st century?
The content fitted the narrative of some and so it confirmed their view. Indeed some of the points made had been repeated in the forum thread.
That was exactly the intention of those who created the largely falacious material. They also know that any number of rebuttals (even if they are made by eminent academics and evidence based) will largely fall on deaf ears.
Has something changed that causes us to fall prey to stuff like this or was it always thus? Are those who create such material merely the cofidence tricksters of the 21st century?
Paul
The forum seems to have stopped logging me out at random intervals. Perhaps they like me after all? (Thanks for fixing it) Our pleasure!
The forum seems to have stopped logging me out at random intervals. Perhaps they like me after all? (Thanks for fixing it) Our pleasure!