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Misinformation
The explosion of the internet has led many to fear misinformation on the internet. A recent review article1 on misinformation and its correction has motivated this post and the next three posts. As...
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The Origins of Misinformation
The immediately preceding post introduced the problem of misinformation. This post discusses the origins of misinformation. The sources discussed here are rumors and fiction, government and...
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Cognitive Processing of Information
This is the third in a series of four posts on the topic of misinformation and its correction. All four posts draw heavily on a review article in Psychological Science in the Public Interest.1 The...
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Solutions and Good Practices for Misinformation
The preceding three blog posts, “Misinformation,” “The Origins of Misinformation,”, and “Cognitive Processing of Information,” have painted a pessimistic view of the problem of misinformation. This...
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More on Avoiding Collapse
Preceding posts have been on Costa’s The Watchman’s Rattle: A Radical New Theory of Collapse. The immediately preceding post has been on Insight, a cognitive capability that Costa believes could...
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More on Erroneous Eyewitness Testimony
This post is based primarily on an article by Steven J. Frenda, Rebecca M. Nichols, and Elizabeth F. Loftus titled “Current Issues and Advances in Information Research,” in Current Directions in...
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Hey US Teachers, leave those climate myths alone
The title of this post is the title of an article by Michael Mann in the Feb 20-26, 2016 edition of the New Scientist. He summarized an article in the 12 Feb 2016 issue of science, whose authors are...
View ArticlePassing 73
Meaning that today HM is entering his 74th year. He engages in ikigai, the Japanese term referring to living a life with purpose, a meaningful life. His purpose, in addition to living a fulfilling life...
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The problem of misinformation is acute and currently the best means of addressing this misinformation is POLITIFACT politifact.com. POLITIFACT is a winner of the Pulitzer Prize. It is said that all...
View ArticleWhat to Do About Disinformation
The title of this post is identical to the title of a section in Richard Stengel’s informative work, Information Wars. This book is highly informative and provides information not only about the State...
View ArticleAnother Risk of Social Media
The motivation for this post is an article titled “QAnon is tearing families apart,” by Travis M. Andrews in the Style section of the 17 October 2020 issue of the Washington Post. The article reports...
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