SundrayMar 6

Patients say measles 'worse than expected' as Utah hits 350+ infections, doctors say

https://lemmus.org/post/20657549

Show threadScrubblesMar 6
You see, the reason you didn’t know was because we had eradicated it before you morons decided you were smarter than the entire science and medical community because you watched some youtube videos
Show threadruuster13
Algorithmic engagement prioritized this shit over established medical science. Big Tech undermined all the pillars of society. What a fucking mess.
Mar 7 at 12:29amWeb
Show threaddohpaz42Mar 7
Capitalism. Capitalism caused this. Big Tech is just a vessel that is used by capitalists to further their agenda.
Show threadGreenBeardMar 7
Big Tech is a force multiplier. It amplifies the scale and scope of the damage. To make an analogy, it’s like replacing muskets with machine guns. Capitalism was headed this direction long before tech came along, but with tools like these in their pocket, the scale of the disinformation went from “a serious problem” to “an existential crisis”, and the tools we have to resist it are simply incapable of holding the line against the firehose of BS.
Show threaddohpaz42Mar 7
That’s what I was trying to say, but I like your explanation better than mine. 😅
Show threadZombieMar 7

incapable of holding the line against the fire hose of BS

Also known as Brandolini’s law

The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.[1][2]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandolini's_law

Brandolini's law - Wikipedia

Show threadkrashmoMar 7
At the end of the day those people chose to believe some random blog over medical journals, university publications, and the advice of doctors. There is no other word for that than stupidity, algorithms or no.
Show threadruuster13Mar 7
Blaming stupidity itself fails to address those who seek to exploit it.
Show threadkrashmoMar 7
No matter the cause or effect, stupidity is the root of the problem. You can’t exploit a weakness that doesn’t exist.
Show threadpotoooooooo ✅️Mar 7
Unfortunately, I was reading somewhere recently (I think it might have been a t-shirt?) that, “you can’t fix stupid.”
Show threadliuther9Mar 7
You can. I fixed myself to some extent
Show threadZombieMar 7

extend

Are you sure?

Show threaddethedrusMar 7
They did qualify said fixing as ‘some’.
Show threadruuster13Mar 7
Human nature is the root problem. It encompasses stupidity, greed, and violence, and many other traits - all of which are available to every human.
Show threadMinnesotaGoddamMar 7
i love it when people say “i’m too smart for propaganda to work on me” because all i have to do is find out their rough location to find what propaganda they’ve been falling for.
Show threadkrashmoMar 7
It’s a good thing that’s not what I said then isn’t it