And that's how social media works!

Like the spinach error? http://super-myths.blogspot.com/2010/12/spinach-iron-decimal-point-error-myth.html?m=1

I know for a fact this is true:)) found it comforting actually. Though maybe it's not very social.

Also called whataboutism?

Dunny

Few years back, had been promoted to low lvl manager and was going nuts, trying to fix every problem so as to be well evaluated. One long time high lvl manager saw me once and said: "if we solve every problem we will not be needed to come to work tomorrow".

I should send this to my brother, the PhD.

Well I'm glad this list is in the 10%, which it is imo

Yes, we're finding that out now, to our great cost. The psychological harm that would have to be done for people to admit "He DIDN'T make America great again; he only passed one piece of legislation (tax cuts) which increased the debt and deficit astonishingly, and there's increasing evidence he is a white supremacist and wannabe-autocrat who lies endlessly and is actually guilty of everything he has accused others of" is massive, and people want to avoid it, so they keep defending him. Those who follow this comment with remarks like "living rent free in your head" will prove my point ;)

I would argue that people make their avatar based on the personality they want to have/show.

If you don't read the newspaper, you are uninformed and if you read the newspaper you are misinformed. - Mark Twain

Which colour white do you want to paint the skirting board?

If I remember correctly, it wasn't that people wanted to criticise, it was that they couldn't stand letting a false statement stand uncorrected. It's the need to go "I think you'll find.." which isn't quite the same at criticism (and a concept I do realize I've just demonstrated)

An old, but hilarious and memorable article about how this plays out on Fox News, who likes to title every story with "WAR ON [anything favorable to the audience]." https://www.cracked.com/blog/the-8-greatest-wars-ever-fought-by-fox-news

As a previous journalist I always took "burying the lede" as a criticism that you missed the real story in your story and need to rethink it. Outside of organizations who are only interested in propaganda (Fox News) most journalists I know would be ashamed, and have no motivation, to do this purposely.

This doesn't work on Deborah! I got her to do me a favour once, now the resentment levels are through the roof!

Tribalism is less dangerous if people also develop some self-awareness. The ability to self-examine and say "I may not be being consistent here" or "If I believe X (which I like) then logically that leads to Y (which I don't like at all) but the two are bound together so I can't just pick X and ignore Y" is absolutely crucial to being balanced but a lot of people do not seem to be able to be self-aware at all.

For aeons, we didn't have a clue what the world around us meant, hence all religious feeling of any kind, despite now having most of the answers.

I want to upvote this entry but of course they're all numbered so I can't! This is so important. My favorite example of this right now is climate change. We have SO MANY SOLUTIONS and around 25% of emissions reductions can be achieved at the normal household level. And yet there are so many people saying "Oh, it's all big business, it's out of our hands, we're doomed" etc. We are not doomed. Things are bad but you CAN take action. Top thing you can do: 1. Throw away less food. Next best: 2. Eat less meat (particularly beef). Those are ACHIEVABLE. Problem-solving FTW! 🙂

Why do you do this brain? We're supposed to be in this together.

Some of my teachers uses to tell us to find someone who can sit with us so that we can explain the things we learnt that day. Or at least sir a doll or something in front of us and teach it. I have subjected my mom to a lot of my "teaching" over the years and still do. She studied commerce and I'm a science student so that makes it hard sometimes but I think she understands some of the stuff I talk about. And it makes me really happy when she does

If you grew up in Germany after the war and before 1989, you know how hard the Cold War was fought in our heads. Both, West and East have constantly been trying to picture each other as the villain.

Alright, I'm lost on this one. What's he on about?

Or simply wait the 48 hours after forming opinions and beliefs before voicing them?

Imagine if somebody set out to write a song all about irony. Imagine if that song didn't contain a single example of irony. And it was titled 'Ironic'. Isn't that ironic? Maybe Alanis was playing the long game all along.

I disagree. For example, graphs A and B could be of the same data but viewed from different axes. Likewise, C could be the same data, but more accurately shown.

I've also heard this argument misapplied to a degree. If you have someone who is a constant, selfish, lying manipulator, and that person seems to come up with a good idea, it's time to examine that idea very closely. Not because that person couldn't possibly suggest something helpful and good, but because of the high likelihood that they're presenting misleading facts along with it, or misrepresenting what the effects will be, because you know the person must have a selfish agenda behind the idea or they would never ever bring it up.

Whenever my mom tells me some shocking news she learned from F'book, I assume it's not true.

Nah, I just asume we're all fixed personalities. ~.~

She sells sea shells

Don't not do something???

Just another way that shows that eyewitnesses are one of the least reliable factors in determining guilt.

The President would outsource the kill and avoid confronting reality personally.

And that's how you know a public person is talking BS when they bring up the "American People".

This is basically what Diogenes the Cynic said. You have to get outside of your society's norms to see your society as it is.

See also: "Sugar makes kids hyperactive", and the myths surrounding MSG.

Describing Zersetzung like this, would be like describing the Hindenburg disaster as 'an inconveniently timed surprise campfire'. It was systematic deconstruction of people's lives to prevent them from any rebellion against the state - including ruining their careers, their home life, separating them from their loved ones, their children. It was targeting the human soul, it wasn't an April Fool's prank.

The empty barrel makes the most noise.

This is way longer than the seven minutes advertised but I'll let it slide because it's quite interesting.

I am so glad I fulfilled my biological imperative already. Now I don't have to impress anybody.