{"id":14411,"date":"2026-10-16T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/?p=14411"},"modified":"2026-10-15T22:29:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T04:29:18","slug":"wednesday-wisdom-the-best-fud-has-an-air-of-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/16\/wednesday-wisdom-the-best-fud-has-an-air-of-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Wisdom: The Best FUD Has an Air of Truth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An interesting phenomenon in churning that ostensibly surfaced in 2026 is weaponized FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt). I suppose that&#8217;s probably been true in many circles for years; but churning, an industry built on trust, has been largely immune. Something&#8217;s absolutely changed recently, and discussion of intentional misinformation campaigns is spreading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How can you combat it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The best data point is your own<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trust,_but_verify\">Trust but verify<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Conflicting data points are becoming the FUD tell<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Be part of a group where everyone can trust each other<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes, I&#8217;m being intentionally vague, sorry not sorry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Have a nice weekend!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"524\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14412\" style=\"width:420px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-6.png 524w, https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-6-266x300.png 266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:14px\">Always be probing I guess.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An interesting phenomenon in churning that ostensibly surfaced in 2026 is weaponized FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt). I suppose that&#8217;s probably been true in many<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[62,56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-shenanigans","category-wisdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14411"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14432,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14411\/revisions\/14432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}