[publius_0xf3]

I'm guessing not just teenagers. Every day on Twitter, I see posts like [this](https://twitter.com/BGatesIsaPyscho/status/17741956933237925...) by accounts with hundreds of thousands of followers that are indistinguishable from schizophrenic ideation. These consist of extremely idiosyncratic delusions that, thanks purely to social media, find a community of believers who can reassure each other that no, they're not crazy, they're not alone, they're just the fortunate ones who've escaped the Matrix, etc. whereas in the past, their beliefs would have been penalized by the sane peers around them.

[mistermann]

Do you ever read the newspaper or watch TV (or US State Department announcements about "what is going on")? If so, do you have similarly negative reactions to the horrible logic and epistemology on show there (not to mention the scope of influence)?

[77pt77]

Ley lines, 2024 style.

Humans really are mentally defective in very predictable ways.

[ta1243]

I see that post, on its own (I don't do twitter), and think it's just a clever satirical post. Something above the stage of "John Wilkes Booth drank water, and so did Joe Biden. Coincidence?"

[publius_0xf3]

That might be plausible if you consider the post in isolation, but the account that posted it does nothing but post paranoid ragebait of a similar flavor a dozen times a day and racked up an enormous following doing so. They're not making fun of their own audience.