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Re:Deadly infection linked to contaminated room spray sold a... by dfxm12 on Sunday October 24, 2021 @07:57PM (#28983091)
We have better access to disinformation now, too, though. There have also been great strides in the fields of convincing someone to buy something they neither want nor need.

Even if there's only a sucker born every minute, the web makes it easier to find them than hoping they come to within earshot of you or read your pamphlet.

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Re:Deadly infection linked to contaminated room spray sold a... by noduerme on Sunday October 24, 2021 @08:33PM (#28983304)
This is kind of what I mean. Let's say we could quantify "suckers" - some gullibility curve that goes from 0 to 1 over percentiles of the general population. Say that ads and propaganda techniques keep pushing that curve left, and education and broader advancement push it right. Has it moved? Or are you saying it just looks like it's moved because we have more Florida Man articles, i.e. more visibility into the far end of the gullibility spectrum?
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