The basic reason infowar tactics work at scale is that our brains are wired for evidentiary scarcity (like our metabolism is wired for scarcity of salt/sugar/fat)
We seek confirmation (fragile) over disconfirmation (robust) because that’s rational in info-scarcity environments
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Probably greater. Though there’s a really weird disconnect where you say “hah, the NYT is deep state conspiracy... so hah I’ll trust Alex Jones instead because clearly he is verifiably trustworthy”
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Reminds me of the mentality discussed in this thread about health nuts and gun owners
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It's fascinating to me, reading @DavidAFrench on gun culture in @TheAtlantic, just how much his description of it parallels "wellness" culture (see also @jameshamblin's recent piece on active shooter drills).
A brief analysis.
theatlantic.com/politics/archi
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Thanks! I have a piece based on that thread coming out soon, really appreciate your interest in it.
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It'll be on HuffPo. Will tweet out a link when it's up, probably next few days.
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