Wednesday, September 26, 2007

On the Media rocks

On the Media has a great interview with the reporter who broke the story about our faulty memories.

You see, not only do we not remember negatives, but there are evil people in the world who use this to their advantage. If I want to spread a lie, whether it's "Saddam Hussein 9/11" or "Moon landing fake", you can't destroy my lie by saying I'm lying.
As I've seen many times at OMSI, if you repeat a message multiple times, it sticks. And people apparently can't remember the difference between hearing something from multiple sources, or hearing it multiple times from one liar.
The best way to destroy a lie/myth is to counter with an affirmative truth that ignores and negates the lie.
"9/11 was the sole work of Osama bin Laden" and "The US achieved a historic milestone by landing the first human being on the moon, Neil Armstrong". And then, you've got to repeat the truth incessantly, framing the question in a way that favors the truth.

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