People are more willing to spread false misinformation, if they think it might become true in the future. Learn how our imagination affects our politics and our willingness to offer misinformation.
“There is a large opportunity to invent a modern, general-interest, global news business from scratch that serves unbiased journalism to a global audience and provides a high-quality platform for the best journalists in the world.”
📹 Cognitive biases are built-in human flaws in logical thinking. They form a path to bad decisions. Learning about these ideas can reduce errors in your thought process, leading you to a more successful life.
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How much do you know about the world? Hans Rosling demonstrates you have a high statistical chance of being quite wrong. Play along with his audience quiz. Learn 4 ways to get less ignorant, quickly.
Psychology professor Jordan B. Peterson proposes a simple set of tests to find out who really is your friend.
Fake news can sway elections, tank economies and sow discord in everyday life. Data scientist Sinan Aral demystifies how and why it spreads so quickly — citing one of the largest studies on misinformation — and identifies five strategies to help us unweave the tangled web between true and false.
If you say what you think, what happens to you is your happening. If you lie to get your way, it’s not your way that you get, it’s the way of the lie.
Declarative sentences used to declare things to be true, as opposed to other things that are, “like totally,” not”? What has happened to our convictions on what is true and what is not?
Jihadists always use the phrase, “We love death more than you love life.” How can we face down such an enemy? The answer is to say, “There is nothing wrong loving life this much. If you wish to worship death, be our guest, we may even help you. But we will not apologize for loving life and fighting for life.”
First, we believe. Afterwards, we doubt, analyze, verify. “Truth-Default Theory” studies this natural habit and its dangerous pitfalls. Learn ways to rise above it.
WHO KNEW? While few people intentionally purchase products involving enslavement and exploitation of workers, the harsh reality is our global supply chain relies on 40.3 million victims trapped in slavery.
VIDEO+TRANSCRIPT: What are the best food sources of lutein, the primary carotenoid antioxidant in the brain?
SHORT COMEDY: One determined math teacher takes on post-truth America.
Why may those who consume meat have up to three times the risk of developing dementia compared with vegetarians? AGEs may be one explanation.
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