[ada0000]

What exactly does “one shot” mean here?

[Izkata]

"One shot" means it only takes one exposure to have an effect, instead of multiple exposures over time having a cumulative effect.

[1718627440]

I definitely have read philosophic articles where I was instantly convinced and found it to bring into words, what I have long thought of. Either something contains a logic error or something is the truth, there is no maybe if I read it enough it will become true. That would just be self-deception.

[spankibalt]

Famous American detective TV show True Detective had the hero annoy his colleague by referring to religion as "language virus that rewrites pathways in the brain" and thereby "dulls critical thinking". In other words, a lot people read shit and it fries their mixers. Obviously, it can also work the other way. Et cetera.

[delichon]

Infected by a packet of ideas that profoundly alters your outlook on life, for good or ill like a mind virus. I've been shot several times, it's thrilling. For me it's always text that does it.