Why do our brains believe lies?

"the more we see something repeated, the more likely we are to believe it to be true.

This “illusory truth effect” arises because we use familiarity and ease of understanding as a shorthand for truth; the more something is repeated, the more familiar and fluent it feels whether it is misinformation or fact."
~https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2022/11/03/misinformation-brain-beliefs/

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Why do our brains believe lies?

Many of the decisions we make depend on accurate information, but our psychological biases and predispositions make us vulnerable to the spread of falsehoods.

The Washington Post
@ZhiZhu Human neurology makes much more sense when you realize what it's for: Surviving long enough to successfully raise children to sexual maturity. Most of our modern thinking problems stem from the tropes of civilization clashing with well-honed prehistoric instincts. A quarter million years ago, heuristic learning was all you needed. Analytic learning is a modern memetic trope that often clashes with more instinctive heuristics.