From Pine View Farm

True Believers of True Deceivers 0

At Psychology Today Blogs, Joe Pierre looks at why persons believe stuff that isn’t true and identifies three pivotal factors:

  • Mistrust
  • Misinformation
  • Motivated reasoning (a cousin of confirmation bias–ed.)

Follow the link for his article. It is a most timely read.

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