I’m not sure we should quote folks who are wrong, even if we throughly debunk their argument. Some of our readers will forget us and remember them.
@garyackerman
A variation on ‘A lie is halfway round the world before the truth has got its boots on.’I guess people more easily remember the extraordinary, true or not.Like conspiracy theories, they are more exciting to believe in than not.
@garyackerman Yeah, but more of us will remember the debunk.
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@garyackerman
A variation on ‘A lie is halfway round the world before the truth has got its boots on.’
I guess people more easily remember the extraordinary, true or not.
Like conspiracy theories, they are more exciting to believe in than not.