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Re:World War II 'rumor clinics' helped America battle wild g... by Andrex on Wednesday March 06, 2024 @11:23AM (#39617538)
Facts can be paired with other facts in a way deliberately designed to mislead.
Re:World War II 'rumor clinics' helped America battle wild g... by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on Wednesday March 06, 2024 @11:24AM (#39617545)
That's true but I think it's disingenuous to say that countering enemy propaganda must also be propaganda. It doesn't have to be.
Re:World War II 'rumor clinics' helped America battle wild g... by DinaCoder99 on Wednesday March 06, 2024 @11:41AM (#39617760)
Nobody is forcing you to call it anything—you could just as easily call it "marketing" or "news". Anyway, "fact" is a convenient fantasy in most cases when you actually mean "strong belief grounded in sources you trust".
Re:World War II 'rumor clinics' helped America battle wild g... by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on Wednesday March 06, 2024 @11:50AM (#39617871)
Words are all the same or meaningless and there is no truth or facts? Thanks for imparting some wisdom comrade.
Re:World War II 'rumor clinics' helped America battle wild g... by DinaCoder99 on Wednesday March 06, 2024 @11:59PM (#39625196)
I think that "strong belief grounded in degrees of trust" is a much more powerful concept than "fact" in practice, not to mention one that's much more difficult to attack from a theory of knowledge perspective especially in a post-Wittgenstein world, but I understand why this is such a controversial concept when there's such a focus on folks actively undermining this.