Nobody cares about the truth, and by virtue of being true, something is harder to weave into narratives anyone gives a single fuck about.
Or, sometimes people care about things being true-studies have shown that citing sources can entrench opposition, and in fact does so much more often than it convinces anyone.
iloveDigit@piefed.social 9 hours ago
Not sure what you mean
cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 hours ago
Nobody cares about the truth, and by virtue of being true, something is harder to weave into narratives anyone gives a single fuck about.
Or, sometimes people care about things being true-studies have shown that citing sources can entrench opposition, and in fact does so much more often than it convinces anyone.
iloveDigit@piefed.social 8 hours ago
So?
cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 hours ago
So it’s just for your own edification. Which isn’t nothing, but socially? Truth is at best useless. Especially now.