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REITERATION EFFECT
Joseph Goebbels said* “Repeat a lie enough times and it becomes the truth”, and he was right; repetition can make people believe things they usually wouldn’t.
*Goebbels didn’t actually say this, but everyone thinks he did because of the Reiteration Effect.
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@G_S_Bhogal on Twitter
Americans no longer distinguish the phrase “you’re wrong” from the phrase “you’re stupid.” To disagree is to disrespect. To correct another is to insult. And to refuse to acknowledge all views as worthy of consideration, no matter how fantastic or inane they are, is to be closed-minded.
The Death of Expertise
Tom Nichols
en moins de dix ans, entre 1990 et 2000, la Russie postcommuniste est passée du statut de pays qui avait réduit les inégalités monétaires à l’un des plus bas niveaux observés dans l’histoire à celui d’un des pays les plus inégalitaires du monde.
Capital Et Idéologie
Thomas Piketty
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