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Ep 29: Why do people share false information — and what can we do about it?

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How to Correct Science Misinformation

Despite these problems, it is worth trying to correct people. It's definitely worth giving it a shot. And we're finding that these back fire ferks were, you know, you try to correct individual and they really dig their heels in and believe even more strongly in the misconception. We barely find them in the literature. They're not a robust phenomenon. It's difficult to replicate. So very noisy tas really here. But i've always been very nervous doing those kind of,. you know, s about the brain debunked in case i end up reinforcing them. But you'r finding that that doesn't tend to happen absolutely yes.

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