danah boyd explains the connection between the epistemological crisis and the rise of far-right conspiratorial thinking

But people have studied how anti-vaxxers react to information. I’m sure correct information can be useful to put out into the public, but apparently anti-vaxxers tend to become convinced they are right when given actual facts.

I know they did this, but I’m far from convinced they were competent. I’m pretty sure spies are idiots. (I’m not claiming they didn’t influence the election, with how close it was we could probably pin the election on light rain in a few counties, Trump needed everything to go his way, including the Russians)

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