How lies become truth in politics and everyday life

[libbylu]

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/2016102 ... n-of-truth

[HanSolo]

True. It is just like the main stream media saying over and over and over again how horrible our president is. Sticks with people.

[sockpuppet]

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/2016102 ... n-of-truth

“Repeat a lie often enough and it becomes the truth”, is a law of propaganda often attributed to the Nazi Joseph Goebbels. “

Anyone know how many lies trump has told since taking office? Last I checked a couple weeks back, over 2,900
Let that sink in for a minute

[libbylu]

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/2016102 ... n-of-truth

“Repeat a lie often enough and it becomes the truth”, is a law of propaganda often attributed to the Nazi Joseph Goebbels. “

Anyone know how many lies trump has told since taking office? Last I checked a couple weeks back, over 2,900
Let that sink in for a minute

Yep
He lies consistently every day.
It’s kind of frightening.

[sockpuppet]

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/2016102 ... n-of-truth

“Repeat a lie often enough and it becomes the truth”, is a law of propaganda often attributed to the Nazi Joseph Goebbels. “

Anyone know how many lies trump has told since taking office? Last I checked a couple weeks back, over 2,900
Let that sink in for a minute

Yep
He lies consistently every day.
It’s kind of frightening.

Trump lies multiple times every single day. In the line up to the mid terms, trumps daily lie count increased from something like 2-3 x per day up to something like 5-7 x a day

He just said about his acting AG he both does not know him AND knows him very well

[libbylu]

“Repeat a lie often enough and it becomes the truth”, is a law of propaganda often attributed to the Nazi Joseph Goebbels. “

Anyone know how many lies trump has told since taking office? Last I checked a couple weeks back, over 2,900
Let that sink in for a minute

Yep
He lies consistently every day.
It’s kind of frightening.

Trump lies multiple times every single day. In the line up to the mid terms, trumps daily lie count increased from something like 2-3 x per day up to something like 5-7 x a day

He just said about his acting AG he both does not know him AND knows him very well

Yep. He met with the AG in the Oval Office before but now he pretends he “doesn't know him”.
OMG

[HanSolo]

“Repeat a lie often enough and it becomes the truth”, is a law of propaganda often attributed to the Nazi Joseph Goebbels. “

Anyone know how many lies trump has told since taking office? Last I checked a couple weeks back, over 2,900
Let that sink in for a minute

Yep
He lies consistently every day.
It’s kind of frightening.

Trump lies multiple times every single day. In the line up to the mid terms, trumps daily lie count increased from something like 2-3 x per day up to something like 5-7 x a day

He just said about his acting AG he both does not know him AND knows him very well

Lol, I have ex boyfriends that I can say that about. God, it's like you people don't think he is a human being. Stop swallowing all the crap the main stream left wing media are feeding you.

[sockpuppet]

Yep
He lies consistently every day.
It’s kind of frightening.

Trump lies multiple times every single day. In the line up to the mid terms, trumps daily lie count increased from something like 2-3 x per day up to something like 5-7 x a day

He just said about his acting AG he both does not know him AND knows him very well

Lol, I have ex boyfriends that I can say that about. God, it's like you people don't think he is a human being. Stop swallowing all the crap the main stream left wing media are feeding you.

Why blame God for your poor choice of men.
I get that truth and facts are tenuous for people like you
Sad you hate America so much

[Aletheia]

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/2016102 ... n-of-truth

If repetition was the only thing that influenced what we believed we'd be in trouble, but it isn't. We can all bring to bear more extensive powers of reasoning, but we need to recognise they are a limited resource. Our minds are prey to the illusion of truth effect because our instinct is to use short-cuts in judging how plausible something is. Often this works. Sometimes it is misleading.

Once we know about the effect we can guard against it. Part of this is double-checking why we believe what we do – if something sounds plausible is it because it really is true, or have we just been told that repeatedly? This is why scholars are so mad about providing references - so we can track the origin on any claim, rather than having to take it on faith.

But part of guarding against the illusion is the obligation it puts on us to stop repeating falsehoods. We live in a world where the facts matter, and should matter. If you repeat things without bothering to check if they are true, you are helping to make a world where lies and truth are easier to confuse. So, please, think before you repeat.

[libbylu]

Yep
He lies consistently every day.
It’s kind of frightening.

Trump lies multiple times every single day. In the line up to the mid terms, trumps daily lie count increased from something like 2-3 x per day up to something like 5-7 x a day

He just said about his acting AG he both does not know him AND knows him very well

Lol, I have ex boyfriends that I can say that about. God, it's like you people don't think he is a human being. Stop swallowing all the crap the main stream left wing media are feeding you.

So is it just “ being human” when a person tells many lies on a daily basis that could effect us, citizens
and our country?
How can you excuse him?