TIL of Brandolini's Law, aka the "Bullshit Asymmetry Principle" which states, "The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it"

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asetsaet

[–]rdh2121 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

This is a great idea. It could be kinda like quityourbullshit.

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Was toying with the idea of something similar, "behind the headline", a sub where people could expose the shallow bullshit of most media articles and present all sides of an issue. But as Brandolini's law makes clear, it'd be way too much effort.