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Interesting study, could have been more clear about its meaning and methods, but I have one quibble... >"In particular, we compare how users usually consuming
by meri_dian 9y ago
Interesting study, could have been more clear about its meaning and methods, but I have one quibble...
>"In particular, we compare how users usually consuming proven (scientific) and unsubstantiated (conspiracy-like) information on Facebook US interact with specific debunking posts"
Science does not prove anything! Scientific results are not proof!
- dmckeon 9y agoI think they covered that: > On our perspective the diffusion of bogus content is someway related to the increasing mistrust of people with respect to institutions, to the increasing level of functional illiteracy -- i.e., the inability to understand information correctly -- affecting western countries, as well as the combined effect of confirmation bias at work on a enormous basin of information where the quality is poor.