• Bytemeister@lemmy.world
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    It quite literally caused a national panic, because it was delivered in a believable manner to a gullible audience.

    That was not one of the criteria. People are in a panic about all kinds of fake shit all the time, but (practically) nobody is out trying to rebuild civilization after the human race was decimated by alien Interlopers after they were defeated by a virus. It was a work of fiction, the author acknowledges it as work of fiction, you clearly didn’t understand the criteria for evidence of your claim.

    It’s a biopic that presents itself as a historical account of real life events.

    It literally says it is a work of fiction. The entire production crew acknowledges it is a work of fiction. You clearly did not understand the criteria for evidence of your claim.

    You’re going to have to put more on the table than “it doesn’t count because I would have known better if I’d read it in 1163”.

    You’re going to have to do better than one possible example where we don’t know the author’s motivations or marketing of the work. To quote, I believe you useed the word “Plenty” when describing the availability of your evidence, so far the actual support is “one possible due to a lack of information about it from hundreds of years ago”. Also… Not a historical comedy?

    It is incredibly easy.

    …And yet still elusive to you.

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      People are in a panic about all kinds of fake shit all the time

      Because they are exposed to false information presented truthfully. A thing you contend is impossible.

      It was a work of fiction, the author acknowledges it as work of fiction

      Not to the audience responding to the radio play.

      It literally says it is a work of fiction.

      It says it is Based On A True Story, and then includes the names of real people and the outline of verifiable events. There is no indication within the narrative that an event happened or not. There is no disclaimer on which characters are real and which are fictionalized.

      You’re going to have to do better than one

      I can lead a horse to water but I can’t make him drink. You asked for examples and then you rejected them because you cemented yourself in the position that they couldn’t possibly exist.

      You’re a victim of your own priors.

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        Because they are exposed to false information presented truthfully. A thing you contend is impossible.

        Nope, not what I’m contending. If you think I am, quote me on it.

        Not to the audience responding to the radio play.

        Quote me where I said anything about the audience believing it. It’s not a criteria for evidence of your claim.

        It says it is Based On A True Story

        This implies fiction. Also, it’s says “Some of this is true”. Also, the authors acknowledge that this is not a documentary, and that it is a work of fiction. It does not meet the criteria. If you bring this up again without any new points or evidence then I’m not going to acknowledge it, since you have brought up the same refuted point 3 times now. I’m tired of repeating myself, and I don’t think repeating it anymore is going to get you to understand.

        I can lead a horse to water but I can’t make him drink. You asked for examples and then you rejected them because you cemented yourself in the position that they couldn’t possibly exist.

        You’ve “lead” this “horse” to 2 bone dry mirages and the horse is doubtful that the 3rd shimmering pond in the distance is irrefutably water. You presented a position that can’t possibly exist, hence why you can’t provide concrete examples despite there being “plenty” of them and “it’s incredibly easy”. Your words there BTW.