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More Smart Meter stupidity

bharvey2

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I'm sure many are aware of the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, in which competitors are tasked with writing the most poorly written opening to a fictional literary piece. This reminds me of the engineers version of a contest. The scariest part is that it seem this guy actually believes the nonsense he's selling.

Fortunately, the foil lining inside my hat protects me from evil rays that have affected him but I'm still working on a defense against the vapor trails......
 

AM909

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... The scariest part is that it seem this guy actually believes the nonsense he's selling. ...
I've seen even otherwise pretty intelligent people get brainwashed into believing things that are just absurd to those not (yet) indoctrinated. I think it has to do with continuous bombardment with so many statements that are false that the brain runs out of stack space and time and just starts to accept some of the seemingly simpler stuff that the other stuff is based on. If they can get you to believe 1 = 3, all sorts of things can be proven.
 

bharvey2

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I've seen even otherwise pretty intelligent people get brainwashed into believing things that are just absurd to those not (yet) indoctrinated. I think it has to do with continuous bombardment with so many statements that are false that the brain runs out of stack space and time and just starts to accept some of the seemingly simpler stuff that the other stuff is based on. If they can get you to believe 1 = 3, all sorts of things can be proven.
I get it. Given the prevalence and bombardment with social media feeds combined with reliance on soundbites rather than fully developed news what would one expect? Add in a healthy portion of confirmation bias and voila a whackjob is born.
 
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