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To quote Merlin Mann:

“A geek can fix your computer. A nerd can fix your computer, but first he’s gonna talk to you about your computer first: ‘ermm. You know you could be running any of several Linux distros on this…’”

Because the human brain is a pattern-matching, rationalization engine and not a database with any sort of logic discrimination built into the interfaces?

I dunno. Seems like the same result happens when we dream; buncha random stimulus with no bearing on realty, brain “invents” a narrative that explains the anomaly, and hermetically seals off that “truth” from evidence that would implode it.

What I took away from this: social media platforms apparently feed, cause, and thrive from metal health pathologies.

Yeah that’s… probably not why.