Re:How the Internet Is Taking Away America’s Religion
by captainmojo on Tuesday April 22, 2014 @12:56AM
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Yep. I'd add delusion to your list of echo-chamber-friendly conditions. Faith/Religion are one case people like to yell about, but you have plenty of nibiru/reptilian/fema-camp/bill-gates-is-a-eugenicist people who are ready to believe whatever the internet tells them, all the while believing everyone else is guilty of intellectual laziness.
Re:How the Internet Is Taking Away America’s Religion
by jamesaguilar on Tuesday April 22, 2014 @01:25AM
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I can agree that there are some cases of misinformation that have been propagated by the internet, but to claim it is a simple wash is pretty far-fetched.
Good information has always taken work to obtain. The Internet cannot compensate for intellectual laziness, it can only magnify the effectiveness of the efforts of those willing to exercise discernment and look at things with a critical eye.