CallingBullshit - Keithl wiki

Calling Bullshit

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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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