Asst Prof, Amsterdam School of Communication Research @UvA_Amsterdam - Pol comm, voting, political psychology, negative campaigns, persuasion, coffee & movies
Oct 4, 2020 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
The current events in the USA seem to suggest that we are entering a new stage in #PostTruth politics.
We could call it “quantum truth” (or “Schrödinger’s facts”, for the cat lovers out there).
A short thread (1/n)
Many examples show that the notion of factual truth (or “facts”) is strongly anchored in perceptions and partisanship.
The size of a crowd is now a matter of interpretation, and “alternative facts” have the same epistemological value as quantifiable realities.
