Study reveals correlation between repeated falsehoods and public misperceptions (news.vanderbilt.edu) 10 points by wjSgoWPm5bWAhXB 2y ago ↗ HN
[–] Loggias 2y ago ↗ > “By the time President Trump left office, he had made an estimated 30,573 false claims“This sounds outlandish, but the repeating and doubling down on every false claim probably makes the math work out.
[–] elhosots 2y ago ↗ This doesnt pass the smell test. Washington post as the arbiter of truth?Hunter biden laptop? Pee dossier?
[–] forgotmypw17 2y ago ↗ This is known well enough to have its own Wikipedia page:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusory_truth_effect
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[ 1.6 ms ] story [ 48.0 ms ] threadThis sounds outlandish, but the repeating and doubling down on every false claim probably makes the math work out.
Hunter biden laptop? Pee dossier?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusory_truth_effect