Brandolini's law

Brandolini's law, also called the bullshit asymmetry principle, is an internet adage coined in January 2013 by Italian programmer Alberto Brandolini, holding that refuting bullshit takes an order of magnitude more energy than producing it. The article gives examples, including the claim that vaccines cause autism, which persisted despite Andrew Wakefield's 1998 paper being retracted and his medical license revoked. It also cites a 2016 claim that Iceland's football team victory over England caused a baby boom, which statistical analysis later disproved. In a COVID-19 example, Radio-Canada journalist Jeff Yates said a pineapple importer's video took 15 minutes to make, while his fact-check took three days.