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Re:How Twitter Rigged the Covid Debate by throwaway29812 on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @07:18PM (#34155795)
Some people are convinced they are being lied to by people in power. Even if it's not true 99% of the time, the 1% will harden their beliefs.

You are coming up against a confirmation bias.

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Re:How Twitter Rigged the Covid Debate by dns_snek on Wednesday December 28, 2022 @06:33AM (#34159978)
If my doctor lied to me about effectiveness or other aspects of my medication 1% of the time, they would rightly lose their medical license and go to prison if their lies caused any harm.
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Re:How Twitter Rigged the Covid Debate by throwaway29812 on Monday January 09, 2023 @05:46PM (#34317542)
If your doctor was right 99% of the time, you would listen to them without much critical pushback. If your bar for trusted anyone else in this world is 100% accuracy, you can't ever trust anyone.
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