Matthew Cox
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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But back then, before cell phones, there was a lot less of a digital footprint that people had.
So it was harder to prove that up where somebody was at a certain point.
Nowadays, you know, that supercomputer in your hand makes it very, very difficult to say, yeah, I was here when you weren't.
Yeah, he did it.
You think?
Yeah, I mean, I'm not a conspiracy guy.
I'm not either.
So here's the thing.
The distrust in the media, so on and so forth, feeds into, obviously, a conspiratorial angle.
Bots get involved and so on and so forth.
And then, you know, if you say something conspiratorial or if I disagree with you, then it's going to get more traction on social media.
Is the earth flat?
No.
Okay.
Is there a flat?
Is the earth flat?
Oh, is the earth flat?
People that say that, I can't honestly believe you.
How does an eclipse happen?
How does this happen?