Quotes About Misinformation

Although the Internet could be making all of us smarter, it makes many of us stupider, because it's not just a magnet for the curious. It's a sinkhole for the gullible. It renders everyone an instant expert. You have a degree? Well, I did a Google search!

Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.

It has been my experience that most problems in life are caused by a lack of information. Many people just don't know the things they need to know. Some ignore the truth; others never understand it.

It's helpful to keep in mind Alberto Brandolini's Bullshit Asymmetry Principle or what's sometimes known as Brandolini's law: "The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.

Brandolini's law: "The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.

As I've said, I've been advised not to get into the specifics out there. Is there some truth out there? Yes. Is there a lot of falsehood out there? Absolutely.

The venerable Robert E. Lee has taken some vicious hits, as dishonest or misinformed advocates among political interest groups and in academia attempt to twist yesterday's America into a fantasy that might better service the political issues of today.

Someone called all the newspapers in New York and told them I'd died. I've been told by almost everyone it was an ex-wife - I've had a few so it's hard to pinpoint which one - but who knows for sure?

New York Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez relies on a lot of economic ignorance to get you to believe what's not true could be true.

Trash talk is dangerous, especially when it comes from hearsay.

Social media has exacerbated a trend whereby people speak with complete authority on every subject, regardless of how informed they are.

I suppose my attitude is what's most important is that we surround the president's misleading information with accurate information and help people know what is true 'cause I think the biggest trend of the Trump years is that people are increasingly confused about what is real and what is made-up.

When a lie has been embedded in the public consciousness, the truth has a difficult time making itself known.

People are stupid... They will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they're afraid it might be true.

Despite the hysteria from the political class and the media, smoking doesn't kill.

I think that the Information Age is great, but there's a downside to it obviously as well, and it's that false information can be perpetuated so quickly. And it's sad that so many people will believe it.

It's just more mushroom farming, ain't it – keep us in the dark and feed us shit…

One little piece of misinformation can break down communication between people, causing every person it touches to become infected and contagious to others.

One little piece of misinformation can break down communication between people, causing every person it touches to become infected and contagious to others. Imagine that every single time others gossip to you, they insert a computer virus into your mind, causing you to think a little less clearly every time. Then imagine that in an effort to clean up your own confusion and get some relief from the poison, you gossip and spread these viruses to someone else.

Gossiping has become the main form of communication in human society.

It is not hard to imagine serious public dangers emerging out of instances in which political, military, scientific or religious leaders are unable to distinguish fact from vivid fiction.

Another contemporary example is the "war" on drugs—where the government and munificently funded civic groups systematically distort and even invent scientific evidence of adverse effects (especially of marijuana), and in which no public official is permitted even to raise the topic for open discussion.

there would be one more acknowledged instance of the American public being misled or lied to in the interest of national security.

myths and mistruths get thrown around so often they eventually feel familiar and start to sound like the truth.