“The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude larger than to produce it.”
- Alberto Brandolini, Italian programmer
Twitter commentator "Gurwinder" (@G_S_Bhogal) reformulates the law this way: “It takes a lot more energy to refute bullshit than to produce it. Hence, the world is full of unrefuted bullshit.”
We should all keep that in mind the next time we read something online. As I often say (sarcastically): “I read it on the Internet. It must be true!”
