The Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs Spread by Cailin O'Connor, James Owen Weatherall

The Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs Spread

Cailin O'Connor, James Owen Weatherall

280 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy psychology science challenging informative medium-paced
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The social dynamics of “alternative facts”: why what you believe depends on who you knowWhy should we care about having true beliefs? And why do demonstrably false beliefs persist and spread despite bad, even fatal, consequences for the people who...

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