[CW: Slurs] Any attempt to connect with my dad immediately turns into "Woke liberals are ruining the world."Zoidsberg@lemmy.ca to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world – 300 points – 9 months agoNSFW'd for language.79Post a CommentPreviewYou are viewing a single commentView all commentsShow the parent commentThe History Channel makes compelling arguments for how extra-terrestrials built the pyramids. Compelling doesn't always equal true.In this case I’m using to to mean compelling to people with a brain, not just “history channel made a speculation so I’m sold”If you're taken in by conspiracy theories, it's not because the information is compelling-but-unseen, but rather because you want to believe that A) information that confirms your biases is true B) you are privy to knowledge others don't have. These two things reinforce one another. 1 more...
The History Channel makes compelling arguments for how extra-terrestrials built the pyramids. Compelling doesn't always equal true.In this case I’m using to to mean compelling to people with a brain, not just “history channel made a speculation so I’m sold”If you're taken in by conspiracy theories, it's not because the information is compelling-but-unseen, but rather because you want to believe that A) information that confirms your biases is true B) you are privy to knowledge others don't have. These two things reinforce one another. 1 more...
In this case I’m using to to mean compelling to people with a brain, not just “history channel made a speculation so I’m sold”If you're taken in by conspiracy theories, it's not because the information is compelling-but-unseen, but rather because you want to believe that A) information that confirms your biases is true B) you are privy to knowledge others don't have. These two things reinforce one another.
If you're taken in by conspiracy theories, it's not because the information is compelling-but-unseen, but rather because you want to believe that A) information that confirms your biases is true B) you are privy to knowledge others don't have. These two things reinforce one another.
The History Channel makes compelling arguments for how extra-terrestrials built the pyramids. Compelling doesn't always equal true.
In this case I’m using to to mean compelling to people with a brain, not just “history channel made a speculation so I’m sold”
If you're taken in by conspiracy theories, it's not because the information is compelling-but-unseen, but rather because you want to believe that
A) information that confirms your biases is true
B) you are privy to knowledge others don't have.
These two things reinforce one another.