hargup comments on Rationality Quotes Thread March 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: hargup 11 March 2015 08:55:43AM 3 points [-]

Facts push other facts into and then out of consciousness at speeds that neither permit nor require evaluation.

Neil Postman from Amusing ourselves to Death, p 70

Comment author: JoshuaZ 11 March 2015 11:02:17PM 0 points [-]

I'm not sure I understand. Can you expand on what the point is?

Comment author: hargup 13 March 2015 11:38:10AM 0 points [-]

Postman said this in context of television and new age media, where even "news" other relevant information is shown for its entertainment value and not because it can help us take better decisions.

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