I would really rather that these were actual examples, and not conspiracy theories. We all have our own unsubstantiated ideas about what shadowy no-gooders are doing, but I’d rather hear about things that are actually happening.

  • Dr. Coomer@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    That coconuts falling on people’s heads kills more people than shark attacks. It’s was literally an experiment to see how far a lie could spread, and now it’s used by many as an actual fact.

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      11 months ago

      Source?

      From what I understand, it’s unknown if coconuts kill more people per year than sharks as death by coconut are not well tracked. But the specific number quoted of 150 isn’t legitimate. However, I can’t find anything about it being related at all to an experiment to see how far a lie could go though. Did someone tell you this? Definitely a possibility of some irony here…

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      I don’t know if you’re mixing up stats or I was told a falsehood, but I was told that the lie to see how far and fast they spread was about eating X spiders in your sleep throughout your life.