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#180 – Hugo Mercier on why gullibility and misinformation are overrated

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The Role of Skeptics in Stopping Harmful Information Cascades

Individuals in an information cascade are often influenced by those before them, leading to an illusion of confirmatory evidence. However, skeptics who question the consensus disrupt this cascade by going their own way, preventing the spread of potentially harmful information.

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