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You beat it with understanding — and community.
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April 16, 2025 at 11:02 AM
You don’t beat disinformation with vibes.
You beat it with understanding — and community.
If this helped you think sharper, stay clearer, or push back harder…
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#Disinformation #MediaLiteracy #NAFO #ThreadSeries
You beat it with understanding — and community.
If this helped you think sharper, stay clearer, or push back harder…
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#Disinformation #MediaLiteracy #NAFO #ThreadSeries
#Disinformation #ThreadSeries
Why does this matter?
Because what your neighbors believe… affects your life.
Bad information leads to worse decisions — at the ballot box, in public health, in war.
And no, you can’t live well while surrounded by fools.
That’s a fantasy.
Why does this matter?
Because what your neighbors believe… affects your life.
Bad information leads to worse decisions — at the ballot box, in public health, in war.
And no, you can’t live well while surrounded by fools.
That’s a fantasy.
April 16, 2025 at 11:01 AM
#Disinformation #ThreadSeries
Why does this matter?
Because what your neighbors believe… affects your life.
Bad information leads to worse decisions — at the ballot box, in public health, in war.
And no, you can’t live well while surrounded by fools.
That’s a fantasy.
Why does this matter?
Because what your neighbors believe… affects your life.
Bad information leads to worse decisions — at the ballot box, in public health, in war.
And no, you can’t live well while surrounded by fools.
That’s a fantasy.
Bottom line:
The Sapir–Whorf Hypothesis reminds us:
To control perception, control language.
And in disinformation, that’s often the first move.
#SapirWhorf #LanguageAndThought #Disinformation #ThreadSeries
The Sapir–Whorf Hypothesis reminds us:
To control perception, control language.
And in disinformation, that’s often the first move.
#SapirWhorf #LanguageAndThought #Disinformation #ThreadSeries
April 16, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Bottom line:
The Sapir–Whorf Hypothesis reminds us:
To control perception, control language.
And in disinformation, that’s often the first move.
#SapirWhorf #LanguageAndThought #Disinformation #ThreadSeries
The Sapir–Whorf Hypothesis reminds us:
To control perception, control language.
And in disinformation, that’s often the first move.
#SapirWhorf #LanguageAndThought #Disinformation #ThreadSeries
That’s what the Sapir–Whorf Hypothesis suggests — and disinfo plays in that space.👇
#SapirWhorf #LinguisticRelativity #ThreadSeries
#SapirWhorf #LinguisticRelativity #ThreadSeries
April 16, 2025 at 10:46 AM
That’s what the Sapir–Whorf Hypothesis suggests — and disinfo plays in that space.👇
#SapirWhorf #LinguisticRelativity #ThreadSeries
#SapirWhorf #LinguisticRelativity #ThreadSeries
Bottom line:
Don’t argue with ghosts.
Don’t wrestle with shadows.
If they won’t bring evidence, you don’t have to bring your attention.
Hitchens’ Razor cuts clean — and keeps you sharp.
#HitchensRazor #Skepticism #Disinformation #ThreadSeries
Don’t argue with ghosts.
Don’t wrestle with shadows.
If they won’t bring evidence, you don’t have to bring your attention.
Hitchens’ Razor cuts clean — and keeps you sharp.
#HitchensRazor #Skepticism #Disinformation #ThreadSeries
April 16, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Bottom line:
Don’t argue with ghosts.
Don’t wrestle with shadows.
If they won’t bring evidence, you don’t have to bring your attention.
Hitchens’ Razor cuts clean — and keeps you sharp.
#HitchensRazor #Skepticism #Disinformation #ThreadSeries
Don’t argue with ghosts.
Don’t wrestle with shadows.
If they won’t bring evidence, you don’t have to bring your attention.
Hitchens’ Razor cuts clean — and keeps you sharp.
#HitchensRazor #Skepticism #Disinformation #ThreadSeries
Let’s break down what it means, why it matters, and how disinfo dodges it👇
#HitchensRazor #Disinformation #ThreadSeries
#HitchensRazor #Disinformation #ThreadSeries
April 16, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Let’s break down what it means, why it matters, and how disinfo dodges it👇
#HitchensRazor #Disinformation #ThreadSeries
#HitchensRazor #Disinformation #ThreadSeries
Bottom line:
The Third-Person Effect lets us feel smart — and keeps us blind.
Disinfo wins when we think only “other people” are the problem.
It takes all of us to stop it.
#ThirdPersonEffect #CognitiveBias #Disinformation #ThreadSeries
The Third-Person Effect lets us feel smart — and keeps us blind.
Disinfo wins when we think only “other people” are the problem.
It takes all of us to stop it.
#ThirdPersonEffect #CognitiveBias #Disinformation #ThreadSeries
April 16, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Bottom line:
The Third-Person Effect lets us feel smart — and keeps us blind.
Disinfo wins when we think only “other people” are the problem.
It takes all of us to stop it.
#ThirdPersonEffect #CognitiveBias #Disinformation #ThreadSeries
The Third-Person Effect lets us feel smart — and keeps us blind.
Disinfo wins when we think only “other people” are the problem.
It takes all of us to stop it.
#ThirdPersonEffect #CognitiveBias #Disinformation #ThreadSeries
It’s the Third-Person Effect, and it warps how we see media, propaganda, and disinformation.👇
#ThirdPersonEffect #Disinformation #ThreadSeries
#ThirdPersonEffect #Disinformation #ThreadSeries
April 16, 2025 at 10:24 AM
It’s the Third-Person Effect, and it warps how we see media, propaganda, and disinformation.👇
#ThirdPersonEffect #Disinformation #ThreadSeries
#ThirdPersonEffect #Disinformation #ThreadSeries
Bottom line:
Information cascades show how crowds can be wrong — fast, loud, and with confidence.
Disinfo doesn’t need evidence.
It just needs enough people to act before they think.
#InformationCascade #Disinformation #MediaLiteracy #ThreadSeries
Information cascades show how crowds can be wrong — fast, loud, and with confidence.
Disinfo doesn’t need evidence.
It just needs enough people to act before they think.
#InformationCascade #Disinformation #MediaLiteracy #ThreadSeries
April 16, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Bottom line:
Information cascades show how crowds can be wrong — fast, loud, and with confidence.
Disinfo doesn’t need evidence.
It just needs enough people to act before they think.
#InformationCascade #Disinformation #MediaLiteracy #ThreadSeries
Information cascades show how crowds can be wrong — fast, loud, and with confidence.
Disinfo doesn’t need evidence.
It just needs enough people to act before they think.
#InformationCascade #Disinformation #MediaLiteracy #ThreadSeries
That’s an information cascade — and it explains how disinfo goes viral fast.👇
#InformationCascade #Disinformation #ThreadSeries
#InformationCascade #Disinformation #ThreadSeries
April 16, 2025 at 10:16 AM
That’s an information cascade — and it explains how disinfo goes viral fast.👇
#InformationCascade #Disinformation #ThreadSeries
#InformationCascade #Disinformation #ThreadSeries
Bottom line:
Agenda-setting doesn’t force belief.
It guides attention.
And in an overloaded info landscape, that’s everything.
If disinfo can choose the questions — it doesn’t matter who answers them.
#AgendaSetting #MediaLiteracy #Disinformation #ThreadSeries
Agenda-setting doesn’t force belief.
It guides attention.
And in an overloaded info landscape, that’s everything.
If disinfo can choose the questions — it doesn’t matter who answers them.
#AgendaSetting #MediaLiteracy #Disinformation #ThreadSeries
April 16, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Bottom line:
Agenda-setting doesn’t force belief.
It guides attention.
And in an overloaded info landscape, that’s everything.
If disinfo can choose the questions — it doesn’t matter who answers them.
#AgendaSetting #MediaLiteracy #Disinformation #ThreadSeries
Agenda-setting doesn’t force belief.
It guides attention.
And in an overloaded info landscape, that’s everything.
If disinfo can choose the questions — it doesn’t matter who answers them.
#AgendaSetting #MediaLiteracy #Disinformation #ThreadSeries
April 16, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Bottom line:
The Law of Triviality shows how systems fail — not from lack of intelligence, but from misplaced attention.
Disinfo doesn’t need to lie.
It just needs to keep you distracted.
Don’t take the bait.
#TrivialityEffect #Disinformation #CognitiveBias #ThreadSeries
The Law of Triviality shows how systems fail — not from lack of intelligence, but from misplaced attention.
Disinfo doesn’t need to lie.
It just needs to keep you distracted.
Don’t take the bait.
#TrivialityEffect #Disinformation #CognitiveBias #ThreadSeries
April 16, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Bottom line:
The Law of Triviality shows how systems fail — not from lack of intelligence, but from misplaced attention.
Disinfo doesn’t need to lie.
It just needs to keep you distracted.
Don’t take the bait.
#TrivialityEffect #Disinformation #CognitiveBias #ThreadSeries
The Law of Triviality shows how systems fail — not from lack of intelligence, but from misplaced attention.
Disinfo doesn’t need to lie.
It just needs to keep you distracted.
Don’t take the bait.
#TrivialityEffect #Disinformation #CognitiveBias #ThreadSeries
April 16, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Bottom line:
Goodhart’s Law shows what happens when we treat numbers like truth.
Metrics matter — until they don’t.
And in the gap between meaning and measurement, disinfo thrives.
#GoodhartsLaw #CognitiveBias #ThreadSeries #Disinformation
Goodhart’s Law shows what happens when we treat numbers like truth.
Metrics matter — until they don’t.
And in the gap between meaning and measurement, disinfo thrives.
#GoodhartsLaw #CognitiveBias #ThreadSeries #Disinformation
April 16, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Bottom line:
Goodhart’s Law shows what happens when we treat numbers like truth.
Metrics matter — until they don’t.
And in the gap between meaning and measurement, disinfo thrives.
#GoodhartsLaw #CognitiveBias #ThreadSeries #Disinformation
Goodhart’s Law shows what happens when we treat numbers like truth.
Metrics matter — until they don’t.
And in the gap between meaning and measurement, disinfo thrives.
#GoodhartsLaw #CognitiveBias #ThreadSeries #Disinformation
🧵 14. Goodhart’s Law: When Measuring Becomes Cheating
The more you focus on a number, the more it stops meaning what you think it means.
That’s Goodhart’s Law.
And it explains a lot about broken systems, bad incentives, and disinfo.👇
#GoodhartsLaw #Disinformation #ThreadSeries
The more you focus on a number, the more it stops meaning what you think it means.
That’s Goodhart’s Law.
And it explains a lot about broken systems, bad incentives, and disinfo.👇
#GoodhartsLaw #Disinformation #ThreadSeries
April 16, 2025 at 9:23 AM
🧵 14. Goodhart’s Law: When Measuring Becomes Cheating
The more you focus on a number, the more it stops meaning what you think it means.
That’s Goodhart’s Law.
And it explains a lot about broken systems, bad incentives, and disinfo.👇
#GoodhartsLaw #Disinformation #ThreadSeries
The more you focus on a number, the more it stops meaning what you think it means.
That’s Goodhart’s Law.
And it explains a lot about broken systems, bad incentives, and disinfo.👇
#GoodhartsLaw #Disinformation #ThreadSeries
Bottom line:
The Backfire Effect doesn’t mean we stop correcting falsehoods.
It means we do it smarter.
In an identity-driven media world, how we deliver truth is just as important as what we say.
#BackfireEffect #Misinformation #CognitiveBias #ThreadSeries
The Backfire Effect doesn’t mean we stop correcting falsehoods.
It means we do it smarter.
In an identity-driven media world, how we deliver truth is just as important as what we say.
#BackfireEffect #Misinformation #CognitiveBias #ThreadSeries
April 16, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Bottom line:
The Backfire Effect doesn’t mean we stop correcting falsehoods.
It means we do it smarter.
In an identity-driven media world, how we deliver truth is just as important as what we say.
#BackfireEffect #Misinformation #CognitiveBias #ThreadSeries
The Backfire Effect doesn’t mean we stop correcting falsehoods.
It means we do it smarter.
In an identity-driven media world, how we deliver truth is just as important as what we say.
#BackfireEffect #Misinformation #CognitiveBias #ThreadSeries
Let’s break down when that happens — and what we can do👇
#BackfireEffect #Disinformation #ThreadSeries
#BackfireEffect #Disinformation #ThreadSeries
April 16, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Let’s break down when that happens — and what we can do👇
#BackfireEffect #Disinformation #ThreadSeries
#BackfireEffect #Disinformation #ThreadSeries
Bottom line:
The Dunning-Kruger Effect is more than overconfidence.
It’s a gap in self-knowledge — and it makes disinformation loud, sticky, and hard to unlearn.
Stay skeptical of simple answers and confident strangers.
#DunningKruger #Disinformation #CognitiveBias #ThreadSeries
The Dunning-Kruger Effect is more than overconfidence.
It’s a gap in self-knowledge — and it makes disinformation loud, sticky, and hard to unlearn.
Stay skeptical of simple answers and confident strangers.
#DunningKruger #Disinformation #CognitiveBias #ThreadSeries
April 16, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Bottom line:
The Dunning-Kruger Effect is more than overconfidence.
It’s a gap in self-knowledge — and it makes disinformation loud, sticky, and hard to unlearn.
Stay skeptical of simple answers and confident strangers.
#DunningKruger #Disinformation #CognitiveBias #ThreadSeries
The Dunning-Kruger Effect is more than overconfidence.
It’s a gap in self-knowledge — and it makes disinformation loud, sticky, and hard to unlearn.
Stay skeptical of simple answers and confident strangers.
#DunningKruger #Disinformation #CognitiveBias #ThreadSeries
April 16, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Bottom line:
Stigler’s Law reminds us that what’s remembered isn’t always what’s true.
Virality ≠ originality.
And in a world of disinformation, understanding where ideas actually come from is a form of resistance.
#StiglersLaw #MediaLiteracy #Disinformation #ThreadSeries
Stigler’s Law reminds us that what’s remembered isn’t always what’s true.
Virality ≠ originality.
And in a world of disinformation, understanding where ideas actually come from is a form of resistance.
#StiglersLaw #MediaLiteracy #Disinformation #ThreadSeries
April 16, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Bottom line:
Stigler’s Law reminds us that what’s remembered isn’t always what’s true.
Virality ≠ originality.
And in a world of disinformation, understanding where ideas actually come from is a form of resistance.
#StiglersLaw #MediaLiteracy #Disinformation #ThreadSeries
Stigler’s Law reminds us that what’s remembered isn’t always what’s true.
Virality ≠ originality.
And in a world of disinformation, understanding where ideas actually come from is a form of resistance.
#StiglersLaw #MediaLiteracy #Disinformation #ThreadSeries
Here’s how Stigler’s Law explains it👇
#StiglersLaw #Disinformation #ThreadSeries
Stigler’s Law says:
“No scientific discovery is named after its original discoverer.”
That’s not irony — it’s the point
Statistician Stephen Stigler coined the law… And credits it to Robert Merton
#StiglersLaw #Disinformation #ThreadSeries
Stigler’s Law says:
“No scientific discovery is named after its original discoverer.”
That’s not irony — it’s the point
Statistician Stephen Stigler coined the law… And credits it to Robert Merton
April 16, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Here’s how Stigler’s Law explains it👇
#StiglersLaw #Disinformation #ThreadSeries
Stigler’s Law says:
“No scientific discovery is named after its original discoverer.”
That’s not irony — it’s the point
Statistician Stephen Stigler coined the law… And credits it to Robert Merton
#StiglersLaw #Disinformation #ThreadSeries
Stigler’s Law says:
“No scientific discovery is named after its original discoverer.”
That’s not irony — it’s the point
Statistician Stephen Stigler coined the law… And credits it to Robert Merton
Bottom line:
The Streisand Effect is a cautionary tale.
In the attention economy, suppression often backfires.
Sometimes the best way to quiet something… is to ignore it.
Know the effect. Avoid the trap.
#StreisandEffect #Disinformation #Censorship #ThreadSeries
The Streisand Effect is a cautionary tale.
In the attention economy, suppression often backfires.
Sometimes the best way to quiet something… is to ignore it.
Know the effect. Avoid the trap.
#StreisandEffect #Disinformation #Censorship #ThreadSeries
April 16, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Bottom line:
The Streisand Effect is a cautionary tale.
In the attention economy, suppression often backfires.
Sometimes the best way to quiet something… is to ignore it.
Know the effect. Avoid the trap.
#StreisandEffect #Disinformation #Censorship #ThreadSeries
The Streisand Effect is a cautionary tale.
In the attention economy, suppression often backfires.
Sometimes the best way to quiet something… is to ignore it.
Know the effect. Avoid the trap.
#StreisandEffect #Disinformation #Censorship #ThreadSeries
Bottom line:
The Motte and Bailey Doctrine isn’t a debate.
It’s a bait-and-switch.
It makes extreme views harder to challenge by hiding them behind vague, safer versions.
Spot it. Name it. Don’t let it slide.
#MotteAndBailey #Disinformation #ThreadSeries #MediaLiteracy
The Motte and Bailey Doctrine isn’t a debate.
It’s a bait-and-switch.
It makes extreme views harder to challenge by hiding them behind vague, safer versions.
Spot it. Name it. Don’t let it slide.
#MotteAndBailey #Disinformation #ThreadSeries #MediaLiteracy
April 16, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Bottom line:
The Motte and Bailey Doctrine isn’t a debate.
It’s a bait-and-switch.
It makes extreme views harder to challenge by hiding them behind vague, safer versions.
Spot it. Name it. Don’t let it slide.
#MotteAndBailey #Disinformation #ThreadSeries #MediaLiteracy
The Motte and Bailey Doctrine isn’t a debate.
It’s a bait-and-switch.
It makes extreme views harder to challenge by hiding them behind vague, safer versions.
Spot it. Name it. Don’t let it slide.
#MotteAndBailey #Disinformation #ThreadSeries #MediaLiteracy
#MotteAndBailey #Disinformation #ThreadSeries
The term comes from medieval architecture.
The motte is the fortified tower.
The bailey is the exposed courtyard.
In argument:
The motte is a safe, boring claim.
The bailey is a bold, controversial one.
The term comes from medieval architecture.
The motte is the fortified tower.
The bailey is the exposed courtyard.
In argument:
The motte is a safe, boring claim.
The bailey is a bold, controversial one.
April 16, 2025 at 8:23 AM
#MotteAndBailey #Disinformation #ThreadSeries
The term comes from medieval architecture.
The motte is the fortified tower.
The bailey is the exposed courtyard.
In argument:
The motte is a safe, boring claim.
The bailey is a bold, controversial one.
The term comes from medieval architecture.
The motte is the fortified tower.
The bailey is the exposed courtyard.
In argument:
The motte is a safe, boring claim.
The bailey is a bold, controversial one.