Probably. But it is important to understand that this will matter to fewer and fewer people over time.
Because they don't edit the data to make a new objective truth that survives scrutiny, they edit the data to demonstrate their power over data.
People referring to the archived data will simply be denied access to the conversation moving forward; "our opponents keep fighting old battles when the world has moved on".
It works. And it will continue to work shockingly well even when the underlying phenomenon asserts itself in ways that are predicted by the archive data. Look at how Florida is torn between climate change denial and the actual reality of sea-level rises affecting the Keys.
exasperaited|6 months ago
Because they don't edit the data to make a new objective truth that survives scrutiny, they edit the data to demonstrate their power over data.
People referring to the archived data will simply be denied access to the conversation moving forward; "our opponents keep fighting old battles when the world has moved on".
It works. And it will continue to work shockingly well even when the underlying phenomenon asserts itself in ways that are predicted by the archive data. Look at how Florida is torn between climate change denial and the actual reality of sea-level rises affecting the Keys.