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Views my own. Anti-disease. Big Nerd Energy. Compliments not accepted; constructive criticism from qualified individuals strongly preferred. he/him

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    Edward Nirenberg‏ @ENirenberg 26 Nov 2020

    So, every so often I get people who come to my twitter after I debunked something and tell me all about how the effort was noble but the denialists won't listen so I basically wasted my time and I should have done something else with it. I want to talk about this a bit.

    3:29 PM - 26 Nov 2020
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    • Patrick Cartlidge Lori Jo Coleman (((Wendy Orent))) 𝓝𝓪𝓽𝓻𝓲𝓬𝓮𝓡 😷🇨🇦❤️ Glen Pyle | #GetVaccinated 💉 Dr Cat Dorey d Jaybird Fully Vaxxed Social Justice Reaper
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      2. Edward Nirenberg‏ @ENirenberg 26 Nov 2020

        As much as I appreciate your unsolicited, cynical insight that was so obviously beyond my ken, these denialists aren't my target audience and I do not waste a second caring about whether their minds will be changed by the content I put out.

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      3. Edward Nirenberg‏ @ENirenberg 26 Nov 2020

        Misinformation does not exist in a vacuum. It should be treated like a contagion. There will be some people who are naturally immune e.g. the content experts pertaining to that misinformation. There will be some people who are infected i.e. they believe in this misinformation.

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      4. Edward Nirenberg‏ @ENirenberg 26 Nov 2020

        That leaves the susceptibles. You know, your regular, run-of-the-mill civilians who aren't content experts but are bombarded by memes, who don't have time to do the fact-checking, or for whom the misinformation has appeal because of heuristics. Those are the ones I care about.

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      5. Edward Nirenberg‏ @ENirenberg 26 Nov 2020

        Putting the debunk out there makes it possible to immunize them against that particular quantum of misinformation. It also means that they are now armed with a resource that can be used to further immunize other susceptibles, or can do it themselves if they're ambitious.

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      6. Edward Nirenberg‏ @ENirenberg 26 Nov 2020

        Given enough spread of the debunk, a critical enough portion of the population becomes immune that the misinformation quanta cannot propagate through the population effectively and has minimal propensity to disrupt society.

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      7. Edward Nirenberg‏ @ENirenberg 26 Nov 2020

        Some light reads on the subject matter: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3166095 … https://www.nature.com/articles/s41577-020-0380-8 … https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07034-4 … https://www.nature.com/news/take-the-time-and-effort-to-correct-misinformation-1.21106 … https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5738254/pdf/189e1567.pdf … https://www.nature.com/articles/540525a … https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-020-00620-w.pdf … https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-02/uoea-fnm021320.php … https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S1473-3099%2820%2930721-0 … https://www.jmir.org/2020/6/e21820/pdf …

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      8. Edward Nirenberg‏ @ENirenberg 27 Nov 2020

        Edward Nirenberg Retweeted Dr. Tara C. Smith

        Also deplatforming and countering disinformation are not mutually exclusive. Removing persistent reservoirs of misinformation can be an important impediment to its spread! But it doesn't help with the misinformation already out there. Thanks @aetiologyhttps://twitter.com/aetiology/status/1332140366561226752?s=20 …

        Edward Nirenberg added,

        Dr. Tara C. SmithVerified account @aetiology
        Replying to @scientwest
        I don't always agree. I think deplatforming on social media, for example, helps to reduce the reach and spread of misinformation. But that's also from a private company so not censorship.
        3 replies 9 retweets 121 likes
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      9. Edward Nirenberg‏ @ENirenberg 27 Nov 2020

        Also just as a heads up- I’m not used to getting anything close to the number of notifications this thread is giving me so I’m going to mute notifications on it but if you need me you can tag me or DM

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      2. Christina‏ @renissance_1 26 Nov 2020
        Replying to @ENirenberg

        It’s also your time to do what you wish. No one should dictate to what you view as important. You debunk in your free-time and it’s a service to the community. I appreciate what you do.

        1 reply 2 retweets 96 likes
      3. Edward Nirenberg‏ @ENirenberg 26 Nov 2020
        Replying to @renissance_1

        thank you

        1 reply 0 retweets 22 likes
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