alt Hacker NewsIt is a common error to misunderstand the base rate of an event. In this case, the frequency of media articles about Trump dwarf other political subjects.
Or one could assume a vast conspiracy to explain the phenomenon.
It is a common error to misunderstand the base rate of an event. In this case, the frequency of media articles about Trump dwarf other political subjects.
Or one could assume a vast conspiracy to explain the phenomenon.
False dichotomies like that are easy mistakes to make. Consider Reddit, no conspiracy, and yet overwhelmingly of some opinions. Coordination requiring conspiracies is naïve, but forgivable among novices of epistemology.