Comments by "Keri Szafir" (@KeritechElectronics) on "Why flat earthers scare me" video.

  1. It's a pandemic of anti-intellectualism that has been going on at least since 2000s. I suspect the core of the problem is that mass media, especially the internet, have trained people into processing lots of information in a short time. This encourages assuming the information is correct and believing right away rather than questioning and looking for answers in reliable sources. Also, the access to publishing and broadcasting has become so widespread that anyone can spout nonsense out of their mouth at no cost and no gatekeeping to navigate in order to even get out there, and this is even more pronounced with recommendation algorithms which favor controversy over accuracy and reliability.
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  2.  @ChipsAplentyBand  thanks for the insightful comment. At least here on YT you can pause or change the playback speed - unlike the old TV, which theoretically should be safeguarded against spewing crap because there ought to be some ethical standards in professional journalism... but practice shows greed is the only standard now.
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