#confirmationbias — Public Fediverse posts
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A quotation from Madeleine L'Engle
We find what we are looking for. If we are looking for life and love and openness and growth, we are likely to find them. If we are looking for witchcraft and evil, we’ll likely find them, and we may get taken over by them.
Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) American writer
Speech (1983-11-16), “Dare To Be Creative,” Lecture, Library of Congress, Washington, DCMore about this quote: wist.info/lengle-madeleine/823…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #madeleinelengle #censorship #confirmationbias #destination #finding #goodandevil #interpretation #looking #meaning #perspective #results #searching #seeking #reading #literature #art
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[en] How political conspiracy theories start and spread, and why people believe them
Some systematic background to #conspiracy theories or "#conspiracisms" (Prof. Tyson).
"I think now we’re just well past the point of no return," says Tyson, who teaches an undergraduate class on conspiracy theories ...
"Conspiracy theories thrive especially in environments where #uncertainty, ſfear, or #distrust are rampant ..."
https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/how-do-conspiracy-theories-work-explainer-653052/
#conspiratorial #disinformation #disillusionment #secrecy #suspicion #confirmationbias #illusorypatternperception #uor #universityofrochester
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@dirk_wagner_ Trau keiner Statistik und Studie ungeprüft bzgl der verfasserInnen. Gerade jetzt. #thesen #confirmationbias #Verfügbarkeitsheuristik #kriminalität #cdu #afd #populismus #rassismus #merz #xenophobie #minderheiten #faschismus #KritischesDenken #interessen #manipulation #putin #europawahl
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@marthadear …Lemminge auf der Suche nach der Droge #aufmerksamkeit. #musk #faust #teufelei #afd #x #twitter #hype #Öffentlichkeitsprinzip #confirmationbias #elonmusk #Rattenfänger #politikerinnen #politiker