Brandolini’s law (or the bullshit asymmetry principle) is an Internet adage coined in 2013 by Italian programmer Alberto Brandolini. It compares the considerable effort of debunking misinformation to the relative ease of creating it in the first place. The adage states:
The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.[1][2]
The challenge of refuting bullshit does not come just from its time-consuming nature, but also from the challenge of defying and confronting one’s community.[3]
This is wrong because it assumes refuting bullshit always takes the same form, and this little issue with it has seriously strengthened the Ben Shapiros and seriously weakened the Normals.
More people pointing out that Brandolini’s Law has this unintended side effect would probably actually fix the problem, and nobody has to be a villain to do it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandolini%27s_law
This is wrong because it assumes refuting bullshit always takes the same form, and this little issue with it has seriously strengthened the Ben Shapiros and seriously weakened the Normals.
More people pointing out that Brandolini’s Law has this unintended side effect would probably actually fix the problem, and nobody has to be a villain to do it.
This explains a lot. Thank you.