696: How to Separate Truth from Bullsh*t for Smarter Decisions with John V. Petrocelli
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Is a Lies or Fraud Really a Lot Worse Than B S?
People will overestimate how true something is just because it sounds familiar. When the author is bessin, you get a stronger illusory truth effect. People are much more likely to tag things as false if they're told, well, some of these things are lies. It's not categorically tagged mentally as false, as we do lies. So people treat those things differently. In some cases, the conditions are right, that b s can be quite persuasive, even in comparison to strong arguments for an issue. But with weak arguments, i gets it. Well, ye, i think we should have comprehensive exams at our university as a requirement for graduation for these reasons. And one
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