Fact-checking resistance: Why we choose comfortable lies over uncomfortable truths online
Here’s a peculiar paradox of our digital age: we have unprecedented access to verified information, yet resistance to fact-checking has […]
Here’s a peculiar paradox of our digital age: we have unprecedented access to verified information, yet resistance to fact-checking has […]
We’ve all encountered them: the armchair epidemiologist during the pandemic, the self-proclaimed economic expert analyzing inflation with three tweets’ worth
Last week, I watched a colleague’s intelligent, well-educated aunt share her fifth post about chemtrails controlling weather patterns. Conspiracy theories
Have you ever noticed how your social media feed seems to perfectly align with what you already think about politics,
Have you ever noticed how your social media feed seems to know exactly what you think? Last week, I caught
Here’s a puzzle that keeps me up at night: why people reject fact-checking even when presented with irrefutable evidence. A
Picture this: a colleague who graduated summa cum laude, who reads voraciously and considers themselves a critical thinker, suddenly tells
We’ve all encountered them: the colleague who confidently explains complex economic policy after reading a single Twitter thread, the relative
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