tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13030925.post8915953991337262881..comments2024-01-25T13:46:11.967-06:00Comments on The Bronze Blog: Bad SatireRyan Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14750814560493466382noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13030925.post-39540682623182978132008-09-24T02:04:00.000-05:002008-09-24T02:04:00.000-05:00I thought the exact same thing as PZ when I read E...I thought the exact same thing as PZ when I read Ebert's confession. I think he's being uncharitable to people. It has less to do with credulity and more to do with Poe's Law; it's almost impossible to detect satire sometimes because there are people out there, and we know them, who say shit that is as crazy or crazier.<BR/><BR/>The internet has made it difficult to detect satire not necessarily by breeding credulity, but by saturating the world's flow of information with truly ignorant, insane, crackpot nonsense. <BR/><BR/>Before, it was easier to spot someone satirizing cranks because the real cranks didn't have an avenue to constantly and publicly scream their nonsense. The internet has given all of these people a place to get together and legitimize their strange beliefs to each other before foisting them on an unsuspecting public. That crazy is ubiquitous makes it rather difficult to tell when crazy is only "crazy."Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06661441668625677468noreply@blogger.com