# The psychology of misinformation: Why we’re vulnerable

**URL:** <https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/the-psychology-of-misinformation-why-we-re-vulnerable/55900>\
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**Created:** [July 2, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/the-psychology-of-misinformation-why-we-re-vulnerable/55900 "2020-07-02T17:41:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kennebec\_Captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/kennebec_captain/32/13_2.png) [@Kennebec\_Captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Kennebec_Captain)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/the-psychology-of-misinformation-why-we-re-vulnerable/55900/1 "2020-07-02T17:41:17Z")

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> **[The psychology of misinformation: Why we’re vulnerable](https://firstdraftnews.org/latest/the-psychology-of-misinformation-why-were-vulnerable/)**
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> The psychology of misinformation — the mental shortcuts, confusions, and illusions that encourage us to believe things that aren’t true — can tell us a lot about how to prevent its harmful effects. Our psychology is what affects whether corrections...

Good article.

[This thread](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/information-misinformation-disinformation/55174) was too long so started a new one.