The misinformation age
Common fallacies
PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology
Errors
Neue Medien
Informationsgesellschaft
Truthfulness and falsehood
Science, history
Massenmedien
Social media
Cognitive psychology
Social psychology
Mass media
Sociology
Psychological aspects
Social aspects
Why should we care about having true beliefs? And why do demonstrably false beliefs persist and spread despite consequences for the people who hold them? Philosophers of science Cailin O'Connor and James Weatherall argue that social factors, rather than individual psychology, are what's essential to…
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