• CosmicTurtle0 [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    20 小时前

    Humans, generally speaking, tend to give more credit to facts that already aligned with their pre-conceived beliefs than facts that are not.

    This isn’t exclusive to conservatives and liberals fall into this trap as well.

    The problem is that Fox News and conservative media have figured out how to take advantage of it to further their agenda.

    In fact, the RNC and Fox News has done an absolutely fantastic job of convincing their base that educated people shouldn’t be trusted because they are liberal.

    • 🇨🇦GreenBeard🇨🇦@lemmy.ca
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      19 小时前

      It’s true, but also, possibly less important than the “first in, last out” epistemology that most people run on. We tend to hold whatever opinion we hear first, unless someone produces a very strong argument against it, and the longer you hold that idea before anyone challenges it, the less likely you are to change it regardless of the evidence.

      Loud mouth pundits tend to be most people’s first-pass at any idea, so whether it’s true or not, they get to decide what you’re going to think for the rest of your life