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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Why Do People Spread Misinformation Online? Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2024 06:22:22 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 12 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2024 07:22:23 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="b8ada25e4317f2ac3fdfff6f2c3be1a9"; logging-data="1525960"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19c//M8r/zvDtL/7O2ac/1J" User-Agent: Pan/0.161 (Chasiv Yar; ) Cancel-Lock: sha1:VSFHeIPF0e0xFi5WZvKJ5fzSls4= Bytes: 1647 On Thu, 5 Dec 2024 06:06:14 -0000 (UTC), Oregonian Haruspex wrote: > If experts can lie, with the official permission of, even urging of, > governments, to get what they want, everybody can. Who told you the experts are lying? Do you take the word of some random Facebook/Xwitter loony (or local politician who believes them) over somebody who has made a career out of studying the cause and treatment of diseases? Do you find it easier to respond to someone who pushes your buttons, rather than someone who tries to give you accurate explanations that you cannot be bothered to expend the mental effort to try to understand?