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Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Charles Stanhope"):
vortex_egg@hackers.town ("∨∅ℝ⊤∈× ∃ĝĝ [ 🌀🥚 ]") wrote:
@cstanhope There’s a name for this phenomenon as a field of study: Agnotology.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnotology
Think about the tobacco industry or oil industry publishing studies showing the safety of their products or denying climate change and getting this disinformation recycled into the public consciousness through lobbying and media efforts.
But, yeah, literally nobody is immune to propaganda and the construction of counter-knowledge within collective beliefs. It’s a huge problem! 😞