I see that happening too, but tbh, I see it happening even without evidence. Its almost like some weird form of "thinking for yourself", but taken to the point of rejecting any evidence that doesn't match the preconceived notion. There doesn't even need to be evidence on the other side.
Re:Life before smartphones (2020)
by flavius29663 on Monday August 02, 2021 @04:44PM
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It's like we're reaching the times when we should again start thinking more for ourselves, given the information at hand: make assumptions, try to prove them, try a reductio ad absurdum etc.
But unfortunately people's brains are fried because of the constant social media bombardment.
Re:Life before smartphones (2020)
by ASalazarMX on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @11:49AM
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Humanity as a whole is still learning to cope with the Internet. We're still learning that it has beautiful and disgusting things, many hiding as the other.
In a way, we've regressed back before we had the answer machine at our fingertips. You don't really know who's correct. It's just changed from 'Well, I heard xyz from my friend's aunt's sister, so I'm right. Oh yeah! Gary just said the opposite yesterday, so you're wrong' to something a little bit different.