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TreasonousBastard

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5. I must have posted at least five times about Confirmation Bias...

Reply to TomCADem (Original post)

Sun Dec 25, 2016, 04:40 PM

Dec 2016

and other cognitive biases that make people believe what they want to believe.

Fake news just makes it all so much easier.

Pogo was right-- "We have seen the enemy, and it is us."

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LA Times - These stories are not true, but some people want to believe anyway [View all] TomCADem Dec 2016 OP

The Bengazi lie, the email lie ghostsinthemachine Dec 2016 #1

The Pizzagate lie... Initech Dec 2016 #3

IRS hoax, ACORN, etc. underpants Dec 2016 #6

The Planned Parenthood lie. KamaAina Dec 2016 #7

The Clinton foundation lie vs The Trump Foundation lie. gordianot Dec 2016 #2

there's gonna be problems when the "mainstream" press is distrusted 0rganism Dec 2016 #4

I must have posted at least five times about Confirmation Bias... TreasonousBastard Dec 2016 #5

K & R Scurrilous Dec 2016 #8