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''See'' — [[Main_Page#HEGE|HEGE Series]] on Main Page | ''See'' — [[Main_Page#HEGE|HEGE Series]] on Main Page | ||
== | ==Reality or Deception (Illusion, Delusion)?== | ||
<mark>[[wikipedia:The_Truman_Show|''The Truman Show'']]</mark> | Wikipedia - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfXTASYB14M?rel=0 Trailer]<br> — Truman Burbank, “Chosen out of six unwanted pregnancies to be the first child legally adopted by a <mark>[[Corporations|Corporation]]</mark>”<br> | |||
“True Man”: the one who comes to understand the true corporate controlled condition of modern man and choses to forsake it all for Real Life | |||
[[wikipedia:Quiz_Show_(film)|''Quiz Show'' (film)]] | Wikipedia — [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj-m3Ddmn0E?rel=0 Trailer] | |||
[[wikipedia:Twilight_Zone:_The_Movie|''Twilight Zone: The Movie'']] | Wikipedia — [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbHX0RduWkY?rel=0 Trailer] | |||
[[wikipedia:Simulacron-3|''Simulacron-3 (Counterfeit World)'']] | Wikipedia — 1964 science fiction novel<br> | |||
[[wikipedia:World_on_a_Wire|''World on a Wire (Welt am Draht)'']] | Wikipedia — [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvlQ8TQsmQA?rel=0 Trailer] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbUjHSrwjTM YouTube] based on Simulacron-3<br> | |||
[[wikipedia:The_Thirteenth_Floor|''The Thirteenth Floor'']] | Wikipedia — [https://www.youtube.com/embed/Cbjhr-H2nxQ?rel=0 Trailer] loosely based on Simulacron-3 | |||
[[wikipedia:The_Matrix_(franchise)|''The Matrix'' (franchise)]] | Wikipedia<br> | |||
— Trailers: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKQi3bBA1y8?rel=0 ''Matrix'' 1999], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYzz0FSgpSU?rel=0 ''Reloaded'' 2003], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMbexEPAOQI?rel=0 ''Revolutions'' 2003], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ix7TUGVYIo?rel=0 ''Resurrections'' 2021] | |||
The | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzJyCFhE5-I&t=654s The Matrix Tried To Warn You] — [https://dstall.com/MOD/Virtual_Reality @Moon-Real] | YouTube | ||
==Fallacy (Error)== | ==Fallacy (Error)== | ||
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'''[https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com Thou shalt not commit logical fallacies !]'''<br > | '''[https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com Thou shalt not commit logical fallacies !]'''<br > | ||
'''[https://yourbias.is Thou shalt not suffer cognitive biases !]''' | '''[https://yourbias.is Thou shalt not suffer cognitive biases !]''' | ||
==Fact or Fiction?== | |||
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] (''See'' — [[wikipedia:Criminal_investigation|Criminal investigation]]). 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. | |||
==Wikipedia== | ==Wikipedia== | ||
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Our Mission: We exist to shine the light of scrutiny into the dark crevices of Wikipedia and its related projects; to examine the corruption there, along with its structural flaws; and to inoculate the unsuspecting public against the torrent of misinformation, defamation, and general nonsense that issues forth from one of the world’s most frequently visited websites, the “encyclopedia that anyone can edit.... | Our Mission: We exist to shine the light of scrutiny into the dark crevices of Wikipedia and its related projects; to examine the corruption there, along with its structural flaws; and to inoculate the unsuspecting public against the torrent of misinformation, defamation, and general nonsense that issues forth from one of the world’s most frequently visited websites, the “encyclopedia that anyone can edit.... | ||
[E]ven after 20 years of existence [Jan 24th, 2022], it’s still too easy for Wikipedia to be manipulated by clever and/or tenacious bad actors, even when those bad actors aren’t particularly well-versed on the rules, or even particularly skilled at lying. | [E]ven after 20 years of existence [Jan 24th, 2022], it’s still too easy for Wikipedia to be manipulated by clever and/or tenacious bad actors, even when those bad actors aren’t particularly well-versed on the rules, or even particularly skilled at lying. | ||
[[Category:Truth]] | [[Category:Truth]] | ||