The Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs Spread
By Cailin O'Connor, James Owen Weatherall
Narrated by: Chelsea Stephens
Unabridged — 6 hours, 38 minutes
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Narrated by: Chelsea Stephens
Unabridged — 6 hours, 38 minutes
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The social dynamics of "alternative facts": why what you believe depends on who you know
Why should we care about having true beliefs? And why do demonstrably false beliefs persist and spread despite consequences for the people who hold them? Philosophers of science Cailin O'Connor and James Weatherall argue that social factors, rather than individual psychology, are what's essential to understanding the spread and persistence of false belief. It might seem that there's an obvious reason tha...
Why should we care about having true beliefs? And why do demonstrably false beliefs persist and spread despite consequences for the people who hold them? Philosophers of science Cailin O'Connor and James Weatherall argue that social factors, rather than individual psychology, are what's essential to understanding the spread and persistence of false belief. It might seem that there's an obvious reason tha...























