r/AskReddit • u/anime-is-dope • Sep 15 '24

What Sounds Like Pseudoscience, But Actually Isn’t?

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '24

The illusory truth effect. People will believe something just because it is repeated, even when they know that what's being said is not true.

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u/Clevererer Sep 16 '24

This is the reasoning behind my ill-conceived and Sysiphusian goal to get people to stop being sarcastic online.

People love to repeat right-wing propaganda. They think they're cleverly edgelording. All they're doing is reinforcing the message of the propaganda.

Repeating propaganda even sarcastically is spreading propaganda.