COVID lies, conspiracy theories build on boredom, beliefs | DW | 13.02.2021

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COVID19 has shown just how susceptible people are to believing misinformation and conspiracy theories. From fear, a person's predisposition, algorithms to boredom: wiesokate explores the psychological reasons behind this.

More and more people don't believe scientific facts about COVID and think governments want to take away their freedom

Jacqueline eventually realized that she had been duped. Others have become even more likely to believe misinformation and conspiracy theories. The internet is teeming with content that will echo and reinforce beliefs, Zick said. People limit themselves to channels that reflect theirs."This creates more than an echo chamber," he added. "It is more like a parallel universe that caters to all kinds of needs."

 

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wiesokate So-called 'scientific' reports that are neither testable nor reproducible, and sometimes not understandable, do not help. science ConspiracyTheories

wiesokate An excellent capsule version of the basics to disinformation, to be polite. I’ll just add some is propaganda done for misinformation vs the difficulty of discerning and repeating misinformation by the individuals experiences, beliefs, fears, etc.

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