Sylvanna Devlin

Having gone over malice in the previous post, let’s focus on the primary weapon of the cruel – lies. And the cognitive dysfunction they are from and cause. It’s part of a cycle we’re spiraling towards.

To remind you, malice is bitterness and cognitive dysfunction mixed with sport.

When it comes to the endless streams of vicious lies the choice is to rebuke or not.

Rebuke of a foul individual can seem to feed a nasty cycle. They now often use reactive abuse – and as others have picked up on its existence – any response is labeled abuse no matter how calm a request to stop.

It’s infuriating.

While some say ignore what false stories they weave. But I tried that and a malicious horrific lie spread to the far winds and I got further targeted by those who chose to believe it of a stranger they only knew others were abusing so they did to.

Certainly one isn’t thinking clearly when just joining the masses. Forming an opinion because the mob has.

And boy does mass cognitive dysfunction frighten me – as it should. The lies spread with no rebuke lead to behavior that lessens the perceived intellect of individuals in the group – and may indeed reduce cognition to just do something because everyone else is.

All feeling justified in their group actions and further malice – because of a lie.

Another question would be the cognitive affects of lies and gaslighting. Lies to the point of reality abuse.

Leaving aside the physical gaslighting techniques, taking and moving objects, gaslighting can make one so suicidal it’s not as hard to gaslight to death, or abuse to oblivion.

The interesting affect of heavy duty gaslighting is in the dream state. Blur reality enough times and one might wake up wondering what really happened.

Did I do that? Or just dream it?

While the truth can be teased out in time, pile gaslighting on and cognitive abuse and the memory gives up and reality feels a little more fluid than it should.

An interesting way to discredit someone.

Finally there is the mass assault of lies, bull spread because it’s known to hurt. Again rebuke and you may be entering into an argument with an AI set to kill.

No rebuke and the pressure increases while those listening in wonder why you offer no correction. Is there truth to what is being said.

Of course the best lies take the truth and shroud it with a narrative that fits some of the facts but to a different meaning.

There is no greater way to anger an individual than a malicious lie save being called a liar!

What do you do?

Again, rebuke of nasty rumors buries you in a mass attack that leads to arguing with real audio but not real people- a lot of them.

No rebuke and the assault heightens till you respond and others believe what is being said.

The worst is trying to navigate a balance. You press back enough and the AI reduces. Too much, too quickly, or too harshly it intensifies.

And woe if you’re willing to argue till you can break it. Everyone who has noticed you’re battling with a troll-bot seems to have failed to notice someone hunting for a shut down.

It’s exhausting. What’s more fighting a stupid bot means that when a live arsehole joins in and I flatten them? My reaction- while justified- seems extreme.

It’s just that one thing.

That is the opening or close of a repetitive cycle of insanity that expects to always have the same results from the same digs. But those seal up, change, become irrelevant.

But the effect of such arguments, with a live individual or an AI is a feeling of a scarred soul and your own cognitive dysfunction.

Remember, while I sometimes consider using the word stupid – and do in place of swearing – intellectually limited is more accurate for those who can’t think. For those who do but have their thinking blurred by mental or physical exhaustion I have cognitive dysfunction which I can suffer from too.

To repeat, being malicious takes bitterness and sport as well. While in both an arsehole and not dysfunctional thinking is about abuse. Either they are using it and think themselves clever. Or it’s levied at you and you’d like to disagree.

How you can avoid incendiary lies and accusations I don’t yet know. And I became fed up balancing a bot. But should I learn how to quickly shut the system down and emphasize the truth I will report back.

Right now I have strangers and neighbors to thank for rebuking those falling for the lies, reality abuse, and gaslighting.