Distrust of science is linked to COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs

Guno צְבִי

Guno צְבִי

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The fact that many people hold conspiracy theory beliefs was brought into the spotlight during the COVID-19 pandemic, which raises the question: what makes people vulnerable to misinformation?


A study published in Frontiers in Psychology suggests that trusting science is a protective factor against conspiracy beliefs, while overconfidence in one’s own reasoning abilities is a risk factor.


Before the pandemic, many people thought conspiracy theories were wacky and sparsely believed. COVID-19, like many other crises, ushered in a time of uncertainty and brought conspiracy theories to the forefront of society, revealing that they’re more prevalent than it seemed. Believing in conspiracies is related to many different individual and societal factors, such as age, socioeconomic status, conservatism, and more.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/we...A14t9ug?cvid=5c6dedff67a447b382bddbeec836631a
 
Researchers in this study considered demographics to be stable characteristics, overconfidence and conservatism to be less stable, and trust in science to be an easily changed worldview. Results showed that the number one predictor of COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs was trust in science and scientists. The variance explained by this easy-to-change factor was 38%, which was the biggest effect by far.
 
guno said:
The fact that many people hold conspiracy theory beliefs was brought into the spotlight during the COVID-19 pandemic, which raises the question: what makes people vulnerable to misinformation?
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Illiteracy, ignorance, irrationality, and the inability to think for one's own self.

All problems which you possess.
 
gfm7175 said:
Illiteracy, ignorance, irrationality, and the inability to think for one's own self.

All problems which you possess.
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^^^^^^^^^^^

Researchers in this study considered demographics to be stable characteristics, overconfidence and conservatism to be less stable
 
guno said:
The fact that many people hold conspiracy theory beliefs was brought into the spotlight during the COVID-19 pandemic, which raises the question: what makes people vulnerable to misinformation?


A study published in Frontiers in Psychology suggests that trusting science is a protective factor against conspiracy beliefs, while overconfidence in one’s own reasoning abilities is a risk factor.


Before the pandemic, many people thought conspiracy theories were wacky and sparsely believed. COVID-19, like many other crises, ushered in a time of uncertainty and brought conspiracy theories to the forefront of society, revealing that they’re more prevalent than it seemed. Believing in conspiracies is related to many different individual and societal factors, such as age, socioeconomic status, conservatism, and more.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/we...A14t9ug?cvid=5c6dedff67a447b382bddbeec836631a
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Science and scientists lied during the plandemic. Any mistrust of science can be laid at the feet of both.
 
guno said:
The fact that many people hold conspiracy theory beliefs was brought into the spotlight during the COVID-19 pandemic, which raises the question: what makes people vulnerable to misinformation?


A study published in Frontiers in Psychology suggests that trusting science is a protective factor against conspiracy beliefs, while overconfidence in one’s own reasoning abilities is a risk factor.


Before the pandemic, many people thought conspiracy theories were wacky and sparsely believed. COVID-19, like many other crises, ushered in a time of uncertainty and brought conspiracy theories to the forefront of society, revealing that they’re more prevalent than it seemed. Believing in conspiracies is related to many different individual and societal factors, such as age, socioeconomic status, conservatism, and more.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/we...A14t9ug?cvid=5c6dedff67a447b382bddbeec836631a
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Keep working jew, maybe someday some one will believe you.

Btw, how much does the DNC pay you per hour to post this bullshit?
 
Hawkeye10 said:
Distrust of science was caused by scientists too often lying to us.
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It was caused by right-wing gnus harping on any mistake as a plot and a deliberate lie. Why would they lie to you? Fauci at an early point in Covid asked people not to buy the 95s because they were not available for doctors and nurses who were on the front line. He was trying to end the epidemic. He should have told the truth. He fudged saying making your own mask was good enough. They were better than nothing but not good enough.He was on point the rest of the epidemic. He did not correct Trump's lies from stage. I suppose that counts as Fauci lying, but not Trump.
 
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