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As long as people post articles about "myths", the myths won't die, because people will remember the myth, and forget the debunk! PLEASE: If you wanr people to
by gohrt 10y ago
As long as people post articles about "myths", the myths won't die, because people will remember the myth, and forget the debunk!
PLEASE: If you wanr people to remember your takeways, write TRUE statements, not False statements with debunkings!
- junke 10y agoThat's what the Debunking Handbook advises to do too. https://www.skepticalscience.com/Debunking-Handbook-now-freely-available-download.html https://www.skepticalscience.com/Debunking-Handbook-now-free...
- dx034 10y agoEspecially if the false statement is written in bold and the true statement is not. That could lead to remembering the myth more than the true statement, even though you know it's false.