Friday, December 1, 2006

Poisoning The Well and Muddying the Waters

What is poisoning the well? Its really a simple concept. The well water is good; it is drinkable- perhaps we could even learn something from it. But a little bit of poison can ruin it all.

Poisoning the well is different than muddying the waters, which is again, a fairly straight-forward idea.

These ideas, at least as I mean them, fall under the umbrella concept of disinformation. Well, actually- poisoning the well is more of a logical fallacy- but it is certainly capable of serving as disinformation.

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