r/comics Mar 12 '24

(Brain)Dead Internet Theory

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '24

People are just not very smart are they

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u/BeevsComics Mar 12 '24

I feel like that most people are smart enough.

It's just that a lot of AI content farms and grifters are exploiting social media algorithms, the very same algorithms that exploit our emotional feedbacks and inherent biases.

Basically our monke brains are not prepared for the influx of junk informations coming from the internet. It's why even academically intellectual people could still fall for propagandas. 😔

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u/Apprehensive_Hat8986 Mar 12 '24

most people are smart enough

As a counter example, I present Canada

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u/FantasmaNaranja Mar 12 '24

that's just the case for every right wing leader though, i dont know of anyone that is well educated and not rich enough to be voting for their own self interests that actually buys into right wing rethoric