e.g. if you believe in chemtrails, you are less likely to believe in climate change. The latent variable being a lack of critical thinking.
Posit: if you believe in a hoax despite lack of evidence, you are less likely to believe in something supported by overwhelming evidence.
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Case in point: HN's gwern publicly supported the hoax about CW being Satoshi. But when the real one was revealed with overwhelming evidence,
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@fchollet Agreed. The other variable is "people's ability to evaluate evidence compared to the (mentally less taxing) alternative of trust".Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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