Asymmetry of Bullshit

Why does a wildly inaccurate internet rumor take ten seconds to write, but three hours of meticulous research to debunk? In the modern information economy, the speed of falsehood vastly outpaces the speed of truth, creating a deeply unbalanced intellectual landscape. This phenomenon is known as Brandolini's Law, or the Bullshit Asymmetry Principle. It states that the amount of energy required to...