tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post5847330445958822763..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: HOW WE USED TO ESTABLISH THE TRUTH BEFORE THE POST-FACT ERASteve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-48624973657864918542016-12-14T22:06:35.292-05:002016-12-14T22:06:35.292-05:00This is why the US is failing. Too much party and ...This is why the US is failing. Too much party and not enough patriots. Xenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09266688413347915510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-33508747654093697912016-12-14T12:24:13.536-05:002016-12-14T12:24:13.536-05:00The reaction we see to the Times story is wholly i...The reaction we see to the Times story is wholly indicative of the kind of conspiracy theorist mode of argumentation infecting the mainstream. A huge part of conspiracy argumentation is poking holes in a handful of small details, or questioning why X happened instead of Y (not providing an answer, just asking the question, otherwise known as JAQing off). It's meant to sow doubt, enough to convince the consumer to reject the story and move on to what is considered the next viable option: this story was constructed to deceive me, so what really happened that they don't want me to know? And what kind of agenda is trying to be pushed?<br /><br />That level of argumentation and analysis is so puerile that virtually every example of post-truth questioning of reality fits into the model. It's stunning how many people fall into this pattern and don't realize it in the slightest.Orthodoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16656829847426040632noreply@blogger.com