Tell-Tale Hearts

The strongest evidence against an idea is in the cognition of its sympathizers. I can listen to critics all day, but I will never be so convinced as when I hear the cultist themselves who, in their effort to sway me to their side, reveal the most genuine proof to the contrary. Let the crazies tell you how crazy they "aren't." As recent as when I last posted, I remained suspicious of the threat posed by social media--it took watching The Social Dilemma for me to finally feel the weight of that tinfoil hat atop my head. Described as a "documentary-drama" (emphasis on drama!), the conspiracies were so thick I found myself salivating for facts, a seasoning the filmmakers skimped on. This "documentary-drama" really needs a woodsy campfire around which its viewers can sit. A note to the director: you forgot to mention the Illuminati. I feel strange having to say this: mind-reading and mind-control are still science fiction. Software developers turn out to be muggles like the rest of us, and are often just as mystified by what's going on. What the greatest cynics see as puppet strings is, to these software developers, just spaghetti.

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  1. UnknownOctober 12, 2020 at 11:40 AM

    Great thoughts! One thing that I have noticed in social media is how people tend to follow some ideologies just because someone in front of a camera said so. Society is losing the ability to do its own research to build knowledge and understand what is really going on.

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  2. CotcanOctober 17, 2020 at 6:04 PM

    Social media has it's issues, but they can be dealt with if people are willing to spend at least 5 minutes of their time doing some research. It's hard to get someone to believe a certain way if the person is open minded and is always looking at different view points. It's just as important to read/watch things you disagree with as it is to read/watch things you do agree with. So long as each side has valid points.

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