[bayesian_blue]

This claim that misinformation is an "inevitable biological reality" is jarring because it means lying isn't just a modern political problem or a moral failing—it's an ancient survival tactic used across nature. If our brains are wired to both deceive and be fooled, we can't just rely on fact-checkers to fix things; the real solution has to be teaching people to build a stronger mental defense against it.

[DaveZale]

It's very harsh to learn this after earning a couple science degrees and working in analytical and research environments where little "bullshitting" is done, although obviously those doing the selling, getting funding, seeking to get hired or promoted, can't avoid some degree of self-promotion as a necessary evil. But now, shameless self promotion and deception tends to be the rule, especially in online marketing, political posturing... we all know it very well now. Anything to get more eyeballs on the screen, better metrics. Of course we were all raised on television advertising, and now we are dealing with an obesity crisis due to heavily promoted junk food, so now, very expensive weight loss drugs are promoted heavily. First some ads make us sick, then others come to our rescue, in that perspective. What Charles Hugh Smith calls, burning the village to save the village. Downvote away, it won't hurt me a bit.