Interesting theory: dubious accusations spread faster online because they generate more controversy. http://goo.gl/eAURr1
FWIW I'm dubious. I think stories that perfectly confirm mistaken biases spread fastest, stories of that type are likely to be false.
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@paulg both can be true.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg only if the mistaken bias was very widespread, but even then from what I've seen more people spread the lies than the corrections.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg one thing that's always concerned me: asymmetry between ease of spouting falsehoods and difficulty of doing research to verifyThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg Ryan Holliday similarly asserts same in "Trust Me, I'm Lying". His rationale is quite good with citatitions, as I recall.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg mistaken biases love affirmation.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg And yet note that one of his most widely discussed ideas is this claim, that is at the same time one of his most dubiousThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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