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A comment on YouTube to remove content that alleges widespread election fraud. Parent comment

Re:YouTube to remove content that alleges widespread electio... by uoaei on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @02:16PM (#25363042)
I invite you to read up on the psychological effect known as "priming."

Top-down disinformation primes the minds of the less-scrupulous, who then seek to rationalize and harden their half-baked beliefs through their everyday experiences.

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Re:YouTube to remove content that alleges widespread electio... by Noumenon72 on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @02:27PM (#25363234)
When you read up on priming you will discover that it is something people want to believe in, but does not replicate scientifically.

https://replicationindex.com/2017/02/02/reconstruction-of-a-...

People used to believe in brainwashing too. We like to think people who disagree with us are easily swayed idiots. It keeps our opinions safe and justifies censoring their opinions instead of engaging with them.

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