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Comment Replacement rather than refutation (Score 2) 281

I was thinking about this issue recently in a workshop and I think one major component of this problem that doesn't really get talked about is the idea that the brain is designed to make associations. When you link two concepts together the brain creates a link, and the more times t you hear that link, the stronger it becomes, INCLUDING when someone tries to refute a relationship; the brain still links the two concepts. It doesn't really have a mechanism to de-link concepts except through the passage of time. It seems to me that instead of trying to de-link concepts we should instead just provide counter-narratives that ALSO stipulate a relationship, and to not talk about the fake relationships as much if at all. Anyway, that's my two cents.

Comment Bias? (Score 1) 357

Having spent some time watching conservative news I can imagine that this apparent "bias" is just a matter of fact checking. Is it bias to omit articles saying President Obama isn't an American citizen. Nope, it's just fact checking. Yet, there were countless conservative news stories touting this lie. And this isn't the only issue along these lines.

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