In the article " In know the truth, so don't bother Me with facts", Jeffrey Kluger explains how humans have long being naive towards how society manipulates rumors and lies. The author also mentions the scientific studies that shown how often people conflict with rumors that contradict personal beliefs; just after knowing the facts, most people tend to change personal opinions.
Studies generated by R. Kelly Garrett and Erik Nisbet, assistant professors of communication at Ohio State University, remark how people generated opinions towards the rumor about the proposed Islamic cultural center near ground zero in New York City. Often exposure to the facts generates changes in opinion. The studies then concluded with the response that, it is easy to manipulate people's beliefs and often people are willing to reverse personal opinion in accordance with the input. Often people that know the facts find conflicts with personal opinions. Unintentionally people generate opinions according to personal beliefs.
Even after people know the facts the tendency is to have a generalization from personal opinions, meaning that even after knowing the facts people are guided by their believes. In the end the matter of knowing the truth and generating an opinion could be entirely guided by the fact that no one likes being wrong.
Studies generated by R. Kelly Garrett and Erik Nisbet, assistant professors of communication at Ohio State University, remark how people generated opinions towards the rumor about the proposed Islamic cultural center near ground zero in New York City. Often exposure to the facts generates changes in opinion. The studies then concluded with the response that, it is easy to manipulate people's beliefs and often people are willing to reverse personal opinion in accordance with the input. Often people that know the facts find conflicts with personal opinions. Unintentionally people generate opinions according to personal beliefs.
Even after people know the facts the tendency is to have a generalization from personal opinions, meaning that even after knowing the facts people are guided by their believes. In the end the matter of knowing the truth and generating an opinion could be entirely guided by the fact that no one likes being wrong.
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