Re: Why Do People Spread Misinformation Online?

On 2024-12-05, Oregonian Haruspex <no_email@invalid.invalid> wrote:

Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

On Wed, 4 Dec 2024 06:13:45 -0000 (UTC), Oregonian Haruspex wrote:
 

[proof of my point about misinformation]

 
*Sigh*
 

>
..... And since the experts have been caught lying so frequently, so
boldly, their loss in credibility is my gain.

Oh boy. Care to quantify ".. so frequently". Some experts have lied does
not equate with experts lying frequently. And which experts are you
talking about, the expert doctors that have given us unprecedented good
health and long lives over the past 100 years? The other experts that
have given us all the technology that we use so casually to write here,
or get about our modern daily lives?

"Experts" are people, the odd ones fail to meet standards just as you
are doing in your thinking here. Some people fail to see the forest 
because the trees get in the way!