Hypothesis: most information hazards are hazards of common knowledge rather than individual sincere belief
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Hypothesis 2: most information hazards hijack healthy epistemic functions, just as some pathogens hijack the immune system
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typically "social proof"
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sigh nobody will fight me
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really is there any pathogen where there's no detriment to individuals but if a large % of the population has it there's major harm?
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it's a secret french pun
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collective type ants distribute their immune system across the colony (like the human immune system). Fights pathogens.
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there's a theory of mass bee death that suggests its due to a weakening of this system - attacking anti-bacterial stores.
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a coordinating population can handle (maybe benefit from) a small % "cheaters" but not too many http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v404/n6778/full/404598a0.html …
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