New Research Helps Explain Why People Belive False Information

It think this study’s findings have importance for understanding falsehoods generated by the political arena, especially the environment surrounding the 2016 Presidential campaign and its aftermath. For example, Trump regularly cited blatantly false information – and many people swallowed it whole, despite disconfirming evidence. Even now, with his recent claim that thousands of votes were illegal – without a shred of evidence – his apologists and supporters claim it’s true. Likewise, with his assertion that there’s no evidence about Russia’s interference in the election via planting false information, despite the CIA’s conclusion that it did.