In other words, say goodnight to the dream that education, journalism, scientific evidence, media literacy or reason can provide the tools and information that people need in order to make good decisions. It turns out that in the public realm, a lack of information isn’t the real problem. The hurdle is how our minds work, no matter how smart we think we are. We want to believe we’re rational, but reason turns out to be the ex post facto way we rationalize what our emotions already want to believe.
When people are misinformed, giving them facts to correct those errors only makes them cling to their beliefs more tenaciously.
Denial is business-as-usual for our brains. More and better facts don’t turn low-information voters into well-equipped citizens. It just makes them more committed to their misperceptions.
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*Σε απλά ελληνικά, τα "γεγονότα", οι "αριθμοί" και η σωστή πληροφόρηση δε σου αλλάζουν γνώμη στην πολιτική, το αντίθετο, σε κάνουν πιο κολλημένο
