Deception has become the order of the day. The old adage is that “If you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes the truth”. This is called “The Illusion of Truth Effect”. It is useful for establishing and entrenching propaganda.
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Sep012024
Because I often have to catch a pre-dawn bus to get to my job, I was concerned that I wasn’t always visible to bus drivers in the darkness. So, I attached a reflector to my lunch box and put on a jogger’s vest that was bright orange and had small flashing lights.
The first morning I wore my new gear, the bus zoomed past, but then stopped.
I ran to catch up with it and, as I boarded, asked the driver, “Didn’t you see me?”
“I saw you,” he replied, “but I thought you were a road sign.”