And here's another point people often miss in discussions about "fake news": It’s not the case that if only people had perfectly true information, everyone would suddenly agree. More information often makes people even more stubborn.
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A third important point on facts. It's not always the facts themselves that people seek to avoid. It's where they lead. If facts have consequences you despise, you're more likely to reject them. And vice, versa. This is called "solutions aversion."
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Find more on the science of facts, bias, and political psychology in this comprehensive piece I published on
@voxdotcomhttps://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/4/11/16897062/political-psychology-trump-explain-studies-research-science-motivated-reasoning-bias-fake-news …Show this thread
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Actually, you give him way too much credit-it is not “special powers” to sway people. He is using well known propaganda techniques. Since he knows there are people who are ignorant of those techniques, they themselves are responsible for their ignorance. 1/2
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Gustave LeBrun’s Mind of the Crowd book was banned in Germany after WWII. 2/2
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