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"This certainly gets to the heart of some of the cultish conspiracy theory
nonsense that goes around these days. In this view, nothing can be proven
false, because merely attempting to do so somehow validates it. We've seen this
before, with other conspiracy theories, but it makes me wonder if the scale is
different in this case.
And that then opens up the question of what, if anything, should be done in
such a situation. Leaving up blatantly false disinformation that is sucking
people in with nonsense and lies is obviously problematic. But so is
recognizing that removing the disinformation may lead people to believe in it
more strongly. How do you square those two things and come up with a plan to
respond?"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
