someone once told me they thought scientology was good. i asked why. they said
a) media lies about things
b) media says scientology is bad
c) therefore scientology is good
seeing peoples reaction to the virus the last few weeks made me realize a lot of people think this way
a) media lies about things
b) media says scientology is bad
c) therefore scientology is good
seeing peoples reaction to the virus the last few weeks made me realize a lot of people think this way
im talking in a grand sense, like the logic behind it. its not about the media. its a kind of reasoning backwards that i find interesting.
not even really saying the thrust of it is wrong. “cui bono” is logical and should be considered but its not exactly a rule, i guess. just interesting to see it applied across the spectrum as governments start “doing things” about the virus and people reason backwards from that
