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  • LandedGentry
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    4 hours ago

    Of course it’s plausible. The point is that it’s most likely not true.

    Plausibility is incredibly useful way to introduce falsehood.

    • Tuukka R@sopuli.xyz
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      58 minutes ago

      So, basically we know it’s a falsehood because it’s plausible. Saying something plausible is precisely what a liar would do!

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        54 minutes ago

        That is not even remotely what I said and you know it

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            38 minutes ago

            Despite your stance/tone I’ll answer this in good faith and assume you’re genuinely asking even if I think you’re not.

            The best lies/misinformation attempts are couched in 1) truths and/or 2) plausible things that can’t be dismissed as impossible.

            It is plausible [insert any JFK assassination conspiracy]. Should they all be equally weighted? Is each equally plausible? No, yet dozens persist because they’re at all plausible. I say this as someone who says the least plausible scenario was lone gunman who was killed by some rando. I think it was a conspiracy. But it doesn’t mean I treat each conspiracy theory as equally plausible. Unfortunately it’s hard to 100% disprove basically anything, so even the worst ideas remain sticky if people want them to be true.

            • Tuukka R@sopuli.xyz
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              2 minutes ago

              Thanks ❤️

              In any case, all this is very little proof that the story is a falsehood. Obviously, by default everything you read online falls to the category “this may have happened”, but that’s all we really have.