Conspiracy Theories Are Both

We need to understand just what is going on within our minds when we're tricked into sharing disinformation, or when we buy into a conspiracy. The work of behavior economist daniel conman describes two types of thinking, system one and system two. System one is fast, but it's aeroprone. And system two is much slower. It takes effort. We don't often like the mental process of putting in the effort, but it leads to better, more reliable results. Think about about 95 % of our thoughts and actions are governed by emotion and taking short cuts,. That's not a good ratio.

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