I tried to trace down the origin of this info and discovered something pretty ironic.
So we have someone on this site posting a pic of a Twitter user posting a pic of another Twitter user referencing yet another Twitter user saying that some unnamed person told her this story.
The original person who was told this info (by some unnamed person) is a lawyer who has written for Forbes magazine.
Interestingly enough, one of her most recent articles is about confirmation bias and why people automatically believe emotional stories we read online, even when there is zero evidence that those stories are real.
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From the article written by the woman who originally claimed some unnamed doctor told her this:
Confirmation bias is the tendency to seek out information that supports what we already believe. Emotional reasoning is justifying a conclusion based on our emotional connection to the issue. Combining the two, it looks like we really wanted for this story to be true and we put scrutiny skills aside to make it true.
“We found that false news was more novel than true news, which suggests that people were more likely to share novel information.” The explanation appears to be based entirely on our negative emotions: “false stories inspired fear, disgust, and surprise.”
I tried to trace down the origin of this info and discovered something pretty ironic.
So we have someone on this site posting a pic of a Twitter user posting a pic of another Twitter user referencing yet another Twitter user saying that some unnamed person told her this story.
The original person who was told this info (by some unnamed person) is a lawyer who has written for Forbes magazine.
Interestingly enough, one of her most recent articles is about confirmation bias and why people automatically believe emotional stories we read online, even when there is zero evidence that those stories are real.
🤦♀️
From the article written by the woman who originally claimed some unnamed doctor told her this:
Confirmation bias is the tendency to seek out information that supports what we already believe. Emotional reasoning is justifying a conclusion based on our emotional connection to the issue. Combining the two, it looks like we really wanted for this story to be true and we put scrutiny skills aside to make it true.
I tried to trace down the origin of this info and discovered something pretty ironic.
So we have someone on this site posting a pic of a Twitter user posting a pic of another Twitter user referencing yet another Twitter user saying that some unnamed person told her this story.
The original person who was told this info (by some unnamed person) is a lawyer who has written for Forbes magazine.
Interestingly enough, one of her most recent articles is about confirmation bias and why people automatically believe emotional stories we read online, even when there is zero evidence that those stories are real.
🤦♀️