“Our current informational environment pushes open vigilance mechanisms outside of their comfort zone, leading to mistakes. On the whole, **we are more likely to reject valuable messages**—from the reality of climate change to the efficacy of vaccination—than to accept inaccurate ones”
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**Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[story-bias]], [[pessimism]], [[skepticism]], [[attention]], [[attention]]
**Source** -- [[260102102051 - B - Not Born Yesterday]]