I kind of agree with this with proviso that "persuadable" basically means we're dealing (a few exceptions aside) with a mind like a sponge. You put the sponge in a tub of Bernie Sanders ideas, it absorbs those. You put the sponge in a bath with an anti-vaxxer, it absorbs thathttps://twitter.com/ezraklein/status/1490741770027606018 …
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The tragedy of all this is that Rogan does have an audience that leans vax sceptical but is persuadable & they trust him. So in an ideal scenario, yes, persuading him and though him his audience would do an enormous good. But the reality of sponginess is likely to defeat this.
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I think this is a pretty flawed argument when the sponge gets paid $100M to attract a particular kind of audience to a platform and subtly reworks their entire show to ensure that everything hits with this prioritised demographic. =/
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Of course let’s not talk about how these people are supposed to be adults accountable for their own choices & actions. “Sponges” are for children - we expect them to be sponges. Not adults.
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It's sponges all the way down
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Wrong comparison, because a sponge does, in fact, absorb stuff, even if temporarily. He's more like a bobble head where the guest gently taps him on the head and he keeps nodding. Occasionally they hit a bump in the road and the head bobbles around but then it returns to nodding.
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There was an episode of Married... With Children where Kelly could only retain so many facts without losing one. It seems an apt comparison.
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