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Calling Bullshit

The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World

Carl T. Bergstrom & Jevin D. West . 2020 . BeavLib 149.73 BER

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• p029 Misinformation: false claims, not intentionally deceptive
• p029 Disinformation: deliberately spread falsehoods

• p030 WhatsApp

• p031 2017 Facebook admits 126M US users exposed to Russian propaganda

• p032 Firehose strategy disorients audiences. Eschew consistency, exhaust critical thinking
• p032 Purpose: advertising revenue
• p032 Teens in Macedonia earning $5000/mo, "Pope Francis Shocks the World, Endorses Trump for President"
• p034 mid-2017 FCC net neutrality, 21.7M citizen comments, most fraudulent, 500K similar comments sent at the same exact second 2017 July 19 2:57:15 pm EDT, 500K from Russia

• p034 Jenna Abrams Is Not Real

• p038 Superfluous details make lies more persuasive
• p039 With nothing to say, bullshit fills space with inconsequentials
• p040 persuasive (exaggerated authority) or evasive (deflect uncomfortable questions) bullshit
• p040 jargon to exclude outsiders

• p041 Bruno Latour Pandora's Hope: Essays on the Reality of Science 1999

• p041 When mechanisms (machines, theories) are well established, we should still examine inputs

• p042 example black box: ANCOVA Analysis of covariance

• p043 Bullshit: biased input or obvious problems with output
• p047 detecting felons from photos: training photos of felons are scowling, nonfelon photos are attractive

• p053 Eysenck Personality Inventory

• p064 Pitchers versus glasses - pitcher don't make us drink more, we order pitchers when we intend to drink more
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