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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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