Science: You're All Idiots

[TheOriginalHappyGoat]

It turns out, while bots help spread fake news, and so do popular dipshits on social media, the main reason fake news goes viral is that it's novel and interesting (as you'd expect fake facts to be). So people are more likely to share them.

This study does not portend well for the future of humanity.

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018...ster-true-news-twitter-thanks-people-not-bots

 

[Marvin the Martian]

Interesting, usually familiarity is important in judging something valid. Here it is novelty that is key.