Today I Found Out

The Nazis, Hitler, The Internet, and Godwin's Law (2018x85)

Udgivelsesdato: Mar 30, 2018

If you happen to like our videos and have a few bucks to spare to support our e→→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut The Nazis, The British Accent, and BBC News https://youtu.be/_hRQq5e7Wi0?list=PLR0XuDegDqP3-uys3Rl2dvdsFkk96zRbt Why Do We Call Scammers "Con Men"? https://youtu.be/J1tl0P4gbb8?list=PLR0XuDegDqP3-uys3Rl2dvdsFkk96zRbt In this video: Coined in 1990 by author and attorney Mike Godwin, Godwin’s Law was originally, to quote Godwin “a project in memetic engineering”, partially inspired by a 1980s article he read in Whole Earth Review in which they discuss the power of memes to spread ideas. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2016/12/nazis-hitler-origin-godwins-law/ Sources: http://reason.com/archives/2005/07/14/hands-off-hitler https://www.wired.com/1994/10/godwin-if-2/ http://jewcy.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/i_seem_be_verb_18_years_godwins_law https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/12/14/sure-call-trump-a-nazi-just-make-sure-you-know-what-youre-talking-about/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/6408927/Internet-rules-and-laws-the-top-10-from-Godwin-to-Poe.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mike_Godwin_at_Wikimedia_2010.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reductio_ad_Hitlerum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reductio_ad_absurdum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_meme https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memetics Image Credit: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WM2007_Session_901_Mike_Godwin.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dawkins-Memes.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1973-023-19,_Frankreich,_G%C3%BCnther_v._Kluge,_Adolf_Hitler.jpg https://comm