petersuber on Nostr: New study: "Online #search to evaluate the truthfulness of false news articles ...
New study: "Online #search to evaluate the truthfulness of false news articles actually increases the probability of believing them."
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06883-y PS: The lesson isn't to stop using search engines to confirm or disconfirm questionable info. It's that 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭. We must learn and teach it.
#Disinformation #Misinformation
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