Prospiracy Theories

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Mar 4, 2019 127 words Read

Scott Alexander introduces 'prospiracy theories', positive conspiracy-style memes designed to spread true and beneficial information, in response to the rapid spread of conspiracy theories on social media.

creative writing 87 social media 42 conspiracy theories 33 cognitive biases 18 sleep 12 memes 3 information spread 2 exercise 2 kindness 2
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Last week I wrote about how conspiracy theories spread so much faster on Facebook than debunkings of those same theories. A few commenters chimed in to say that of course this was true, the conspiracy theories had evolved into an almost-perfect form for exploiting cognitive biases and the pressures of social media. Debunkings and true beliefs couldn’t copy that process, so they were losing out.

This sounded like a challenge, so here you go:

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