# Liam's Home Page

## Agnotology Basics

1. [Tool of Oppression](https://points.datasociety.net/agnotology-and-epistemological-fragmentation-56aa3c509c6b)
2. Set to spread false information
3. Used to manipulate people to certain beliefs
1. Uses lack of information to share their controversial beliefs
1. Controversial beliefs include topics of climate change, vaccanations, racism, religios discrimination, and more.
2. [COVID vaccine protest](https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/01/23/dc-anti-vaccine-rally-mandates-protest/)
3. [Climate Change Photo](https://images.app.goo.gl/oZQvQ8oJzhXJAHXP6)

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## Why Misinformation Is Harmful

1. [How Data Voids Exist And The Consequences](https://points.datasociety.net/agnotology-and-epistemological-fragmentation-56aa3c509c6b) <!-- change this URL to a page you create -->
1. Agnotology creates "Data Voids"
-Data Voids are where no releavant data is easy to find and people choose to exploit that with their own potentially harmful beliefs
3. Social media, certain news outlets, and other online platforms can use convenience to exploit lack of knowledge
4. Thus, harmful beliefs can be passed on when other reasearch isn't done.
5. People will believe these harmful or false ideas when presented with this information as "facts" and continue to pursue false beliefs
-The Previous concept being known as confirmation bias
-[Confirmation Bias Explained](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zoWTb3KP-k)

## Examples In Real Life Continued

Some acts of violence are rooted in these biased and misinformed beliefs
- This includes the phenomenon of mass shootings
(https://apnews.com/article/buffalo-shooting-targeted-racial-violence-ad45b4c56e74a4ec606c0a7e44694a19)

[Mass Shooting Charts](https://images.app.goo.gl/Z4sf1Co2XGQg5Ewc9)

[Discrimation From Social Media]
(https://www.apa.org/science/about/psa/2015/12/online-racial-discrimination)