022 - Why Do We Believe Conspiracies?
Feb 01, 2021•50 min•Ep. 22
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Episode description
On today’s episode: Good news! It seems that public schools are actually helping to prevent COVID transmission! Best practices when combating the spread of fake news on social media. And what is “motivated reasoning” and how does it lead to conspiracy thinking? All that and more today on All Around Science.
LINKS:
- ARTICLE: Basic pandemic safety limits spread in schools
- ARTICLE: To combat false news, correct after reading | MIT
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