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Paul Thagard on cognition, consciousness, misinformation, balance

Thing in itself

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The Effects of Social Media on Misinformation

I don't think there's any point talking generally about whether technology is good or bad. Sometimes it's horrible. Another thing to worry about now is nuclear war, which could come out of the Ukraine crisis. But in the specific case, you can look at what social media has been doing. It really is different. And so I don't thinks there's any question that with respect to misinformation, the effect of social media have been absolutely horrible.

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