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by cataphract 1032 days ago
That's not how it works: that either there is an assumption or there is no assumption. The assumption may weaken, but what will happen is that if someone sends a fake video to many people, you're guaranteed that a substantial fraction will believe it's real. I mean, a big portion of the population believe in outlandish conspiracy theories. You're way overestimating people's skepticism.