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The first condition is logical as people compare new information with what they already know to be true and consider the credibility of both sources. However, researchers discovered that familiarity can overpower rationality—so much so that repetitively hearing that a certain fact is wrong can paradoxically cause it to feel right.
The #1 Mistake To Avoid When Trying To Convince Someone To Do Something. Manipulation or coercive tactics are a no-go in Dr. Nobile's book. "Such tactics destroy trust in relationships, foster ...
Informal fallacies – arguments that are logically unsound for lack of well-grounded premises. [14]Argument from incredulity – when someone can't imagine something to be true, and therefore deems it false, or conversely, holds that it must be true because they can't see how it could be false.
To convince people to behave in line with their beliefs, it is essential to remind people of a fact that they believe is true, and then remind them of times in the past when they went against this. The hypocrisy paradigm is known for inconsistent cognition resolution through a change in behavior.
Despite many attempts to debunk the rumor, including an investigation by Snopes, the false story was shared by more than 92,000 people and was covered by major news agencies. [ 7 ] In an example of Brandolini's law during the COVID-19 pandemic , Jeff Yates, a disinformation journalist at Radio-Canada said (of a very popular YouTube video), "He ...
Another proposal is that people show confirmation bias because they are pragmatically assessing the costs of being wrong, rather than investigating in a neutral, scientific way. Flawed decisions due to confirmation bias have been found in a wide range of political, organizational, financial and scientific contexts.
“Getting someone to vote isn’t about proving whether you’re right or wrong. It's about trying to bring someone to your point of view, and to do that, you have to find some commonality with ...
"Simply because you do not have evidence that something exists does not mean that you have evidence that it doesn't exist." [6] [a] The aphorism "No news is good news". [7] The usefulness of this as a heuristic may vary by context. Carl Sagan explains in his book The Demon-Haunted World: