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# Wiki Tutorial

## Reflection on [Agnotology and epistemological fragmentation](https://points.datasociety.net/agnotology-and-epistemological-fragmentation-56aa3c509c6b)
In the article, the author first grab audience’s attention by addressing the problem of virus and the she pointed out such a virus developed with the technology. The specific idea she gives is since the digital technology develops, increasingly number of people cannot realize the truth. When talking about how this kind of “virus” spread, she uses the examples related to political and social affaires which are surprising, but true to happen.

I agree with the idea that talks about YouTube because I have the same experience as the author describes. As a student who is under 25 years old, it is easy to be misled by the internet because some claims lack scientific evidence but are what people our age want to hear. Also, when accept some ideas, we may search for them later on. When the search data are recorded, there are more and more related claims or videos are recommended to us. Merge all kind of message no matter true or false, the phenomenon of Epistemological Fragmentation will be created.

![Youtube Gif]![](https://i.imgur.com/PnhBvv9.gif)

The author also proposes that "*The creation of sides is a political project*", *", and such a phenomenon occurs in China a lot. Since China is not a totally free speech country, what we see in internet is what the government wants to convey to us. For example, When it comes to international affairs, the government will inevitably exaggerate some claims, but since citizens do not investigate, we have to accept and believe.

However, sometimes this virus could help to create a peaceful society (e.g. North Korea only spread about how good their life and country is, but compared to other countries, North Korea is not that good) if under the government's control, so whether epistemological fragmentation is a good thing rather than a virus.


