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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWord of advice: If you admit something "might be bullshit"...
...try to avoid the temptation of posting it until you can confirm such information is in fact not bullshit, so as to avoid potentially being an unwilling agent of disinformation.
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Word of advice: If you admit something "might be bullshit"... (Original Post)
Tommy_Carcetti
Oct 2020
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PJMcK
(24,901 posts)1. Good advice (n/t)
Mike 03
(18,690 posts)2. Peter Strzok's book Compromised, which is excellent by the way,
caused me to realize how generally poor human beings are at verifying information before we pass it on.
We like to share, and we especially like to share things we hope might be true.
dhill926
(16,953 posts)3. K & R...
PoindexterOglethorpe
(28,485 posts)4. Yep. Double check everything.
Just because it fits what you want to believe does not mean it's true.
Ponietz
(4,230 posts)5. Rec
