• WaitThisIsntReddit@lemmy.world
      3·
      7 days ago

      Deliberately posting misinformation and misleading people doesn’t make them dumb. It just makes the world a worse, more confusing place.

        • WaitThisIsntReddit@lemmy.world
          11·
          7 days ago

          How deep do you go? Believing a post on 4chan? Dumb. Believing a comment on reddit? Dumb. Believing an article on a reputable news site? Dumb. Believing a study funded entities that may encourage a bias? Dumb. Believing a study from scientists that would rather cause sensation than do good science? Dumb. Guess the only solution is to put on that lab coat, get a doctorate and do the experiment yourself, huh? Or maybe put the blame on people spreading misinformation instead of the victims it hurts. There isn’t enough time in the fucking day to validate everything you come across, and if you’re not doing the experiments yourself you’re trusting someone.

            • WaitThisIsntReddit@lemmy.world
              1·
              6 days ago

              you’re telling me you can’t take something at face value until you’ve collected enough secondary information to validate or verify it?

              That’s what you’re saying. Do you know what you’re saying?

              deliberately believing everything you read online without questioning the validity, makes the world a worse more confusing place.