re: #588 Dr Lizardo

All very true. I just shake my head in disbelief at some of the nonsense I come across. I can’t help but think the internet is spreading all manner of bullshit with lightning speed, and the credulous swallow it all.

Mark Twain famously said “A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”, and that was 120 years ago. Then there’s the ‘democratization of expertise’, by which I mean that everyone’s opinion, no matter how ill-informed, seems to have equal value, in the pursuit of ‘balance.’ Worst of all, lies on the internet never seem to die. They keep coming back like the Terminator - shoot them, burn them, crush them, debunk them, they keep coming.

I have no kids of my own, but I tip my hat to you in regard to your child.

Thank you, though to be honest, others bear much heavier burdens than I do, and with more grace.