[sprafa]

Obesity is a similar scourge, albeit it was not completely caused by misinformation.

Tbh I now see our society as a memetic organism and I think the cleansing of people who don’t understand reality is just a part of the process at this point.

[proc0]

> caused by misinformation

It's so deadly it requires misinformation to kill people? Why do you think it's taking years for the public to reach consensus, if this is such a threat?

[andrekandre]

i think a very real problem people face is its hard to discern what is reliable information (information overload, earned mistrust in "mainstream media", environment/culture, etc)

[loonster]

Banning "misinformation" makes all non banned information suspect.

[andrekandre]

yep, i think this is a very real paradox

banning misinformation might work short term, but longterm i suspect it will further harm things... long term credibility needs to be won back the hard way me thinks...

[proc0]

I agree. We're in the Misinformation Era, which is precisely why even the "official" sources are not to be trusted.