Fake information: common methods

First, establish a conclusion, then find evidence to support it.

My brother is confident and can produce scientific evidence for any conclusion.

This evidence is very rigorous, absolutely correct, and free from any falsification.

There are two specific methods: frog jump method and sample method.

From Xi’an to Beijing, anyone with a normal mind knows that flying or high-speed rail is faster.

However, we conducted a study, jumping from Xi’an to Beijing like a frog, and through observation and measurement, we found that the distance really became closer.

Therefore, the conclusion is that jumping from Xi’an to Beijing like a frog is theoretically feasible.

No one has ever conducted research related to frog jumping; this counts as a breakthrough research achievement. Future potential can be further explored, such as how to jump higher, faster…

Suppose we launch a health supplement.

Just find an absolutely effective method, better than jumping from Xi’an to Beijing, then publish a few scientific papers, apply for a patent, and you can get streamers to promote it.

With experimental data, a patent certificate, and streamers promoting, consumers will obediently buy.

The sample method is equally effective.

Suppose we are part of the Coffee Association or have a huge coffee industry, but people don’t have the habit of drinking coffee.

How to change people’s habits?

First, make up a conclusion: Long-term coffee drinkers are healthier and smarter.

Next, find 10,000 coffee drinkers who must: live in first-tier cities, have fitness habits, and an annual income over 500,000.

Find 10,000 non-coffee drinkers who must: be ordinary white-collar workers, assembly line workers, with an annual income below 100,000.

Through large sample statistics, it is found that non-coffee drinkers generally have worse health and lower IQ, thus concluding: drinking more coffee can improve IQ and physical condition.

Publish this scientific conclusion through mainstream media.

On social media, buy trending topics, and people will participate in discussions.

Create several related conclusions, have the media publish more, and the coffee industry will inevitably surge.

In the era of information explosion, screening and discerning information is a very scarce skill.

How to avoid being deceived?

Relatively reliable sources, reverse thinking ability, information retrieval skills.

Taking information sources as an example, in scientific research, the recognized top journals are ‌Cell‌, ‌Nature‌, and ‌Science‌, collectively known as CNS.

There are a few self-media outlets online with higher standards than peers, which can be followed long-term.

Information retrieval skills, making good use of AI and search engine commands, yield very good results.

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