Why truth is under fire
FEBRUARY 11, 2018 —The Monitor’s political editor, Liz Marlantes, recently alerted me to a new study by the respected RAND Corp. think tank. “Truth Decay” looks at why so many of us disagree about basic facts and have so little trust in formerly respected sources of information.
Here’s my executive summary: We all need to look in the mirror.
The study suggests that a perfect storm of factors is conspiring to manipulate how we see truth, and the danger is not being aware of how those factors can mold our thinking.
Some are not new. Studies have long shown that human beings are resistant to information that upsets their worldview. “People do not just maintain preexisting beliefs: Being confronted with corrective information can make misperceptions more ingrained and cause people to become less willing to consider alternatives,” the authors note.
https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/upfront-blog/2018/0211/Why-truth-is-under-fire
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Your worldview shrinks, and you are more susceptible to entertainment ..ie; faux snooze, brietbart, limpdick, etc.
