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[–] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 18 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

I hear you and I want to acknowledge that people are complex and many otherwise good people are caught in these echo chambers doing or supporting bad things.

That said, it's no fucking excuse to not educate yourself and stay up on the news.

[–] Upgrayedd1776@sh.itjust.works 11 points 10 hours ago

No excuse, but that anger seems to only exacerbate the issue. For what its worth, i think the information age has created a huge curse of knowledge between generations and social economic groups and social media is being weaponized to increase this phenomenon

The "curse of knowledge" is a cognitive bias where experts or informed individuals fail to accurately imagine what it is like not to know something, assuming others share their level of understanding. This leads to poor communication, teaching difficulties, and overestimating others' knowledge. It differs from the Dunning-Kruger effect, where people with low ability overestimate their competence.

[–] jcampenish@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

These people barely understand that different news sources exist. They just learn things from "the TV".

"Social Media? I think my nephew told me about that once in 2014, but I can't remember what it is."

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 hours ago

it’s no fucking excuse to not educate yourself and stay up on the news.

you mean watch Fox news on the TV?