Ricki Yasha TarrNov 14, 2024

Someone (who chose not to be tagged in this post) asked this question:

How are some of us aware and appalled that this (misinformation) is happening and others just go all in with the conspiracies?

What do you all think? What makes the difference?

Please refrain from just calling people stupid, I know it can definitely feel that way, but we can do better than that.

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@RickiTarr Something I've been interested in for a while is why some people are more susceptible to religion than others and I suspect believing mis/disinformation may have some of the same root causes. There's growing evidence that your brain structure has a lot to do with your innate ability to think critically, then if you add in some social elements, it adds up to some people being more vulnerable to BS than others. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2748718/
The Neural Correlates of Religious and Nonreligious Belief

While religious faith remains one of the most significant features of human life, little is known about its relationship to ordinary belief at the level of the brain. Nor is it known whether religious believers and nonbelievers differ in how they ...

PubMed Central (PMC)
Nov 14, 2024 at 8:03pmWeb