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#1 2022-07-23 07:02:32
- Loohan
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heavy-handed propaganda
Arrogance breeds ignorance: People who are overly confident in their own knowledge are more likely to have anti-scientific views, study finds
Academics surveyed people on scientific topics such as Covid and vaccinations
Those who disagreed with the consensus knew less but thought they knew more
The experts warn overconfidence can make people unlikely to change their mind
This is even when we're presented with clear, 'overwhelming' scientific evidence
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech … views.html
Erecting and swatting down straw men.
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#2 2022-07-23 23:16:38
- BlueBapho
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Re: heavy-handed propaganda
This article turns an established concept, the Dunning-Kruger effect upside down : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E … ger_effect
Metacognition now becomes an 'attitude towards a consensus'.
It is in reality the ability to assess one's own cognitive limits.
Those with lower abilities to reason on scientific material are the ones overconfident in their own knowledge.
They are easily tricked into false knowledge and moral high ground.
Another inversion is presenting Copernicus as an example of establishing a scientific consensus,
he was totally against the consensus regarding astronomy in his time.
If we follow the inverted word salad logic here, Copernicus would have been the arrogant ignorant guy who is against the scientific consensus in his time.
This article promotes anti-meritocracy, consensus becomes better than logic, group-think is now becoming science.
Those who can establish a scientific truth like Copernic using cognitive skills are to be rejected by the group.
Heavy handed indeed psyops propaganda.
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