Brandolini's law
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brandolini-s-law-164-9203017
title:
Brandolini's law
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Brandolini's law, also known as the bullshit asymmetry principle, is an internet adage coined in 2013 by Alberto Brandolini, an Italian programmer, that emphasizes the effort of debunking misinformation, in comparison to the relative ease of creating it in the first place. The law states: The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it. The rise of easy popularization of ideas through the internet has greatly increased the relevant ex
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encyclopedia
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Difficulty of refuting false or misleading information
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandolini%27s_law
date created:
2016-08-26T16:23:02Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T23:22:39Z
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