Interesting theory: dubious accusations spread faster online because they generate more controversy.http://goo.gl/eAURr1
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@paulg Prediction markets would so put an end to these kinds of dissemination processes. -
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@paulg 1/2 Prediction markets reward accuracy & punish BS. And by there being a simple, widely available number - a price - that represents -
@paulg 2/2 confidence market participants have in truth of rumor, anybody can easily check current market price (=likelihood) of a rumor
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@paulg both can be true.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg one thing that's always concerned me: asymmetry between ease of spouting falsehoods and difficulty of doing research to verifyThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg And yet note that one of his most widely discussed ideas is this claim, that is at the same time one of his most dubiousThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg mistaken biases love affirmation.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg there are more than 1 paths to viral distribution here.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg only if the mistaken bias was very widespread, but even then from what I've seen more people spread the lies than the corrections.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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