With the life cycle of news being so short (instant in fact), it’s easier to make a headline clickable than to prove something to be factual. Compounded by our short attention span, it is no wonder that the internet pays attention to conspiracy theories.
The arrow, however, points both ways.
In a world where conspiracy theories can thrive, we don’t take into account how many of them die. For example, we have plenty of evidence to support the fact that the moon landing happened. But that won’t get the clicks when something new is drummed up to debunk it.
Lies are fiction. And we don’t have to accept everything that is presented as fact. We don’t need to take everything we hear as the truth either. Instead, we can hold the space of, “I haven’t done the reading yet, but tell me your thoughts.”
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