• @BaroqueInMind
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    16 hours ago

    The article mentions people are willing to suspend their belief in understandingthe truth in order to further their “team” or party objective, but I think this whole thing is simply foreign adversaries vying to destroy us from within by sowing contempt and spreading lies on social media and news outlets.

    Occam’s Razor.

    • @hobovision@lemm.ee
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      Isn’t occams razor the idea that it’s stupidity, not malice?

      You explain two types of “malice” - one which is primarily driven by a lack of critical thinking and another which is an intentionally planned attack.

      Occams razor would say the former is more likely. You may have well said “fuck occams razor I believe it’s Russian bots”

      • @automattable@lemmy.world
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        31 hour ago

        Occam’s Razor is that the simplest answer is probably right.

        You’re thinking of Hanson’s razor which states:

        Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

      • JaggedRobotPubes
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        31 hour ago

        Occams’s razor is, go with the simplest explanation.

        There’s another quippy rule that says a lot of what looks like malice is just incompetence.

    • @foggy@lemmy.world
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      I think it’s been foreign adversaries meddling with our politics. Our whole country knows we need to be spending a lot more on public education. It’s not a mystery. Ask anybody who’s been in a public school.

      And then with the grip that social media has on our masses, The ease with which social media silos us into a weird kind of social affirmation tunnel vision platform that essentially brainwashes us.

      If you’re a foreign adversary that’s already meddling in the United States politics, it’s a hop skip and a jump to start meddling in their private sector. In fact it’s quite a lot easier id imagine.

      • @Buffalox@lemmy.world
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        we need to be spending a lot more on public education.

        That probably won’t help much, until USA becomes more socially responsible overall.
        The evidence is VERY clear, your chances of doing well in education decline dramatically with greater social problems.

    • @Kyrgizion@lemmy.world
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      2714 hours ago

      Por que no los dos?

      A meek, terrified populace is ripe fruit for the picking for actors both internal & external.

    • @floofloof@lemmy.ca
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      3915 hours ago

      Occam’s Razor would suggest this is largely a domestic problem, perhaps exacerbated by foreign adversaries but far from being all their work.