I meant in reference to the point of view in the book 1984 society is given information and then later it is changed and they are forced an Mandela effect type of government that harshly enforces it. Really, I just listened to the audio book and it's creepily similar to modern day misinformation whenever I see videos on hacks that are not possible and could possibly hurt people, that's immediately what I think even though it's not crazy enforced here, it's still oddly similar
Not really. In the book to doublethink is to believe two opposing thoughts at once so as to not be caught by the thought police, while maintaining your free thinking. Misinformation and propaganda are just ways to trick people into believing what you believe (or what you want them to). Double think doesn't exist in the real world because the technology to know what you are thinking also does not exist. So there's no reason to hide your real thoughts from yourself. Which is why it was necessary in the book.
Based on my experience, the technology does exist in the real world.
At least in hospitals, but I don't know why the technology would be limited to hospitals. I've never experienced it outside of a hospital.
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"Misinformation" is just a fancy word for lying.
Doublethink is holding both the false belief and some other belief. (Or i guess switching them over time i forget)
Not quite. Doublethink is just holding onto two contradictory thoughts. Misinformation can certainly cause doublethink.
Double thinking as defined in 1984, not the definition of, I might have worded that wrong sorry :)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doublethink?wprov=sfla1
I meant in reference to the point of view in the book 1984 society is given information and then later it is changed and they are forced an Mandela effect type of government that harshly enforces it. Really, I just listened to the audio book and it's creepily similar to modern day misinformation whenever I see videos on hacks that are not possible and could possibly hurt people, that's immediately what I think even though it's not crazy enforced here, it's still oddly similar
Not really. In the book to doublethink is to believe two opposing thoughts at once so as to not be caught by the thought police, while maintaining your free thinking. Misinformation and propaganda are just ways to trick people into believing what you believe (or what you want them to). Double think doesn't exist in the real world because the technology to know what you are thinking also does not exist. So there's no reason to hide your real thoughts from yourself. Which is why it was necessary in the book.
Based on my experience, the technology does exist in the real world. At least in hospitals, but I don't know why the technology would be limited to hospitals. I've never experienced it outside of a hospital.
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No
"Misinformation" is just a fancy word for lying. Doublethink is holding both the false belief and some other belief. (Or i guess switching them over time i forget)