Psychological Study Reveals Why Misinformation Is So Effective
An intriguing new study released last week inPsychological Science in the Public Interest reveals why people are more apt to believe false information being fed to them by the media and politicians.
According to the team of psychological scientistsworking on the study, led by Stephan Lewandowsky of the University of Western Australia, the main reason that people are more likely to believe false information (for example, that climate change is a hoax) is because it actually takes less brain power to believe a statement is false than to accept it as truth. Finding the truth takes time and effort that people often don’t care enough to spend on particular issues that aren’t of immediate concern.
According to the team of psychological scientistsworking on the study, led by Stephan Lewandowsky of the University of Western Australia, the main reason that people are more likely to believe false information (for example, that climate change is a hoax) is because it actually takes less brain power to believe a statement is false than to accept it as truth. Finding the truth takes time and effort that people often don’t care enough to spend on particular issues that aren’t of immediate concern.
OK, this is ripped from desmogblog.com, all credit to them, for info only, go there to read the whole article if interested, but I think you get it, weighing information and critical thinking takes more energy, it's harder, and Fox news and the GOP know it.
Why do you imagine that the GOP is cutting funds for education? Critical thinking skills causes people to ask questions - Like if Adam were the first two people that God created and they had two sons and one killed the other one and was exiled from the Garden of Eden and went to live with this other tribe where Cain married and had kids - Who were these other people?
ReplyDeleteFux and Limbaugh cater to those who don't have enough sense to ask questions - and believe whatever they are told.
But understand this one thing: Ignorance can be cured with education; however, you can't do a fucking thing about stupidity....
Best,
Ron
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