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Väga hea soovitan lugeda. See on suht mõnus sissejuhatav teos, mis seletab kuidas me jõudsime ebauskude tõekspidamiseni ning aitab üldisemalt ka selle poliitilist mõju mõista. Ladus lugemine ning kaasahaarav kuigi teema ise on tegelikult väga tõsine ja raske. Mulle meeldis näideterohkus ning see teos oli tõhus mõtteaine andja. Kuigi peab mainimata et väga Ameerika keskseks jäi kõik.

“post-truth is pre-fascism.”
Me oleme cooked

"To the extent that Trump is using some of the classic techniques of propaganda (stirring up emotions, denigrating critics, scapegoating, seeking division, and fabricating), Stanley warns that we may be headed down the path of authoritarian politics. The goal of propaganda is not to convince someone that you are right, but to demonstrate that you have authority over the truth itself. " 😥

"....balance is often a substitute for fact checking."
Räägib sellest kuidas tänapäeva meedias on rõhk sellel et oleks mõlema osapoole arvamus esindatud mitte ei vaadata, kas need arvamused ka teaduslikult tõesed on

"We love ourselves so much that we cannot see our own weaknesses"
Suht cuul kuidas uuringud näitavad et mida madalam inteligents seda rohkem sa end üle hindad või siis mida korgem seda täpsemini sa suudad end hinnata.

Upton Sinclair perhaps said it best when he observed that “it is difficult to get a man to believe something when his salary depends upon him not believing it.”

"This while investigators have turned up the fact that even while ExxonMobil was spending money to obfuscate the facts about climate change, they were making plans to explore new drilling opportunities in the Arctic once the polar ice cap had melted." What in the capitalism ☹️