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"Honestly I think the creation of Fox news (followed by MSNBC) created an atmosphere of people looking for confirmation of beliefs rather than "
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pmb
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It may have amplified things, but it's probably just basic human instinct that we want to avoid direct challenge on this type of thought.
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It's not like the average person was more intellectual curious or open-minded in the decades preceding the media boom of the 90's.
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Humans have always had mythology and belief. You can subject someone to all the empirical evidence you have. In the end, most people will couch that -- (edited)
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con_carne
Dec 4, 12:39
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Sure, and I think too that many people are more challenged on an everyday basis today than they were in previous generations.
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Roger More
Dec 4, 12:29
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It introduced the idea, I think, that you could actively choose to consume ideas that reinforced your own views, instead of only being able to try to -- (edited)
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znufrii
Dec 4, 12:26
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I agree, I just don't think the forums were as easily available. So the result was more balanced information that people saw. On a personal level
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pmb
Dec 4, 12:24
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