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It's always been hard enough to separate fact from fiction, but in this day and age of deception, illusion, and delusion (and now AI [[wikipedia:Deepfake|Deepfakes]]), I'm not sure it's possible any more, especially when most today seem to have forgotten their 3rd grade lessons for distinguishing between the two. On top of that, we're bombarded daily by [[Propaganda]]. As [[Propaganda#Alex_Carey_(writer)|Alex Carey]] has noted, Americans are the most propagandized people on the planet. [https://www.politifact.com Politifact.com] and [https://www.snopes.com Snopes.com] can help, but most of us make decisions based on our emotions, not facts, and often fail to distinguish between what isn't factual but merely [[wikt:opinion|opinion]] or an impression, what's only [[wikt:possibility|possibility]] or [[wikt:probability|probability]], [[wikt:circumstantial|circumstantial]], [[wikt:anecdotal|anecdotal]], or [[wikt:conjectural|conjectural]]. | It's always been hard enough to separate fact from fiction, but in this day and age of deception, illusion, and delusion (and now AI [[wikipedia:Deepfake|Deepfakes]]), I'm not sure it's possible any more, especially when most today seem to have forgotten their 3rd grade lessons for distinguishing between the two. On top of that, we're bombarded daily by [[Propaganda]]. As [[Propaganda#Alex_Carey_(writer)|Alex Carey]] has noted, Americans are the most propagandized people on the planet. [https://www.politifact.com Politifact.com] and [https://www.snopes.com Snopes.com] can help, but most of us make decisions based on our emotions, not facts, and often fail to distinguish between what isn't factual but merely [[wikt:opinion|opinion]] or an impression, what's only [[wikt:possibility|possibility]] or [[wikt:probability|probability]], [[wikt:circumstantial|circumstantial]], [[wikt:anecdotal|anecdotal]], or [[wikt:conjectural|conjectural]]. | ||
The court of public opinion is just that — opinion, not fact, or necessarily good judgement. It's nothing but mass mentality, or herd mentality that's easily manipulated into political “constituency”, or mob, by those who know how — who have [https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/3069500 means, motive, and opportunity] | It's true that you can fool some of the people some of the time, but not all of the people all of the time. But a lot of the people are fooled a lot of the time, and typically refuse to listen or follow the few who historically aren't fooled and who exhibit good judgement. The court of public opinion is just that — opinion, not fact, or necessarily good judgement. It's nothing but mass mentality, or herd mentality that's easily manipulated into political “constituency”, or mob, by those who know how — who have [https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/3069500 means, motive, and opportunity] | ||
''See'' — [[wikipedia:Criminal_investigation|Criminal investigation]] | |||
==Wikipedia== | ==Wikipedia== | ||