RE: Gullibility and Information Exhaustion

That suicide drone story should have been instantly dismissed by anyone after a moment of reflection, but people are primed for confirmation bias and foreign threats now. There is no way a drone could fly direct from Iran to the west coast, and no benefit to Iran from random strikes against the US.

Facebook has become such a cesspool of echo chambers, clickbait, and A.I. slop that there is no real benefit to seeking news or constructive discourse there anymore. It's all about keeping you "engaged," and usually enraged, so they can put ads in front of your eyes with every fourth item you scroll past.

Parody and satire can't even function anymore. I made a snide remark about no Ayatollahs being found on the Epstein client list, and people who I know in person thought it was an endorsement of the Iranian regime. Confirmation bias trumps critical thinking all around.