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"If you tell a lie big enough and tell it frequently enough, people will eventually come to believe it". What is an example of this happening today? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 9 months ago by Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I would really rather that these were actual examples, and not conspiracy theories. We all have our own unsubstantiated ideas about what shadowy no-gooders are doing, but I'd rather hear about things that are actually happening.

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[–] tacosplease@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago

The videos I've seen on YouTube saying they don't work have all been by people who have normal vision.

I have mild red-green colorblindness, and for someone like me the glasses absolutely do work.

I don't have enough cones for red and green to see certain shades properly. The glasses turn down the other colors in order to bring my perception of red and green back into balance. I then see the right shades but darker like wearing sun glasses.

The first time I wore them in the fall it blew my mind to see all the different colored trees that are just green or brown without the glasses.

There would have to be thousands of people lying their entire lives saying we see brown where other people see color in order for the colorblind glasses to be a hoax.

It's such a ridiculous assertion, yet YouTube is full of videos saying they don't work.