Episode 233: I Heard You Like Fake News So I Put Some Fake News In Your News About Fake News (With Dan Williams)

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Episode 233: I Heard You Like Fake News So I Put Some Fake News In Your News About Fake News (With Dan Williams)

What if we shouldn't automatically trust "misinformation researchers"?

Oct 18, 2024

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This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse is joined by Dan Williams, a philosopher who is skeptical that we can “vaccinate” people against “misinformation,” which is the sort of thing someone would say if the RUSSIANS got to them.

Okay, “Danielovich” “Williamoputinski.”

(Image courtesy of Grok, which has an infinitely more evolved sense of humor than ChatGPT.)

https://conspicuouscognition.com/

https://danwilliamsphilosophy.com/

https://x.com/danwilliamsphil

The Fake New About Fake News - The Boston Review

I’m Running Out of Ways to Explain How Bad This Is - The Atlantic

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