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Agnotology (the study of deliberate, culturally induced ignorance or doubt) (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 2 months ago by AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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[–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Reminds me of the 'breakfast is the most important meal of the day' thing. Everyone used to believe it, whenever someone said that nobody disagreed, me included

[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

But what about second breakfast?

[–] picnicolas@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 months ago

Second most important.

[–] Yuyarl@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 months ago

Used to? https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28701389/