\u201cBrandolini’s law, also known as the\u00a0bulls**t asymmetry principle, is an internet\u00a0adage\u00a0coined 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:<\/p>\n
\u2018The amount of energy needed to refute\u00a0bulls**t\u00a0is an\u00a0order of magnitude\u00a0bigger than that needed to produce it.\u2019<\/p>\n
The rise of easy popularization of ideas through the internet has greatly increased the relevant examples, but the asymmetry principle itself has long been recognized.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 Wikipedia (** added by me)<\/p>\n
I\u2019d suggest Brandolini\u2019s Law also applies to the enormous number of platitudes and generalizations that are popular posts today.<\/p>\n
What do you think?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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