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094 - The Backfire Effect - Part Two

You Are Not So Smart

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Motivated Skepticism and Motivated Reasoning in the Backfire Effect

In this new news and information environment with Google and social media, I believe it's more important than ever to have a psychological literacy. The good news is we know quite a few things about the backfire effect; there are clear, actionable strategies for dealing with it. In two weeks, that will be the focus of our final episode exploring this phenomenon that has always been with us and will always be with us.

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