A viral theory of post-truth

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Educational Philosophy and Theory 54 (6):698-706 (2022)
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There is an ecology of bad ideas, just as there is an ecology of weeds, and it is characteristic of the system that basic error propagates itself.–Gregory Bateson, Steps Towards an Ecology of Mind...

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