On Wed, 19 Aug 2020 17:49:13 +0100, newshound
wrote:

On 19/08/2020 11:09, T i m wrote:


Of course, you can even put the former on the side of a bus,
explaining why it's lies and BS takes more effort.

Interestingly, that's not a particularly new idea

https://www.quora.com/Whose-quote-A-...t-its-boots-on

Well indeed ... and we have both spotted it. ;-)

All that sort of thing is why some were willing / keen to accept the
result of the referendum when it's patently obvious many of the tiny
number of votes needed to swing the result from 'known' to 'gamble'
could have been swung by the lies / BS [1] printed on the side of a
bus.

And once many people have 'made up their mind' (influenced) by such
lies, they have a tenancy to stick with it, even against facts because
they don't want to look like they have been suckered (confirmation
bias).

Cheers, T i m

[1] The figure stated was way too high and even the correct figure has
to be seen in context with all the other costs of running a country
(eg, fairly insignificant).

https://www.richardcorbett.org.uk/eu...-us-a-fortune/