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Alessandro Nai
@alessandro_nai
Associate Prof @UvA_ASCoR Amsterdam | Dark politics, Political communication & psych, Negative campaigns, Leader personality | Editor @EJPRjournal
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.

(2/n)