Tag: cognitive bias

Posted by Matthew Cortland on twitter. Bar chart of polling data from Data For Progress. Title: Voters Support Masks in Indoor Public Spaces. Description: Do you support or oppose requiring that all individuals wear masks in public indoor spaces, like in grocery stores, restaurants, and retail shops, in order to combat another surge of coronavirus infections? All likely voters — Support: 55%, Oppose: 43% Democrat — Support: 83%, Oppose: 16% Independent / Third party — Support: 54%, Oppose: 44% Republican — Support: 29%, Oppose: 69% Black or African American — Support: 71%, Oppose: 28% Hispanic or Latino/a — Support: 80%, Oppose: 18% White — Support: 52%, Oppose: 47% Disabled — Support: 61%, Oppose: 38% Not disabled — Support: 52%, Oppose: 47% Disabled household member — Support: 62%, Oppose: 37%

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Don’t fall for Pluralistic Ignorance on Masks

2023-01-02

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Moving forward, forever – community adaptation

2023-01-01

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Moral Sabotage & Community Care Disengaged

2022-12-30

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Quote Tweet with Elmo hands outstretched in front of the flames, quoted tweet from Chloe says “The Economy” as a false god is one that I refuse to worship. The economic system is supposed to serve humans, not for us to serve other humans to it. We supposedly gave up human sacrifice as a ritual a long time ago, right?

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The Economy demands full participation, herd debt paid on an altar of lies

2022-12-23

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Disinformation and abnormal influence is big money on social media

2022-12-18

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The risky shift – you’re not imagining it

2022-11-22

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There’s a photo of an open sandwich one side jelly, the other side peanut butter. And below that is another picture of someone’s hand holding the sandwich which was made inside out with the peanut butter and jelly on the outside so the hand is smooshed into it. The caption reads repeat the truth don’t lead with the lie and make a mess make a truth sandwich instead.

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Repeat the truth, don’t lead with a lie

2022-10-14

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Derwezeh gas crater, Turkmenistan photo by P.Lechien, Public Domain

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APHA: portal to a public health bizarro world hellscape

2022-08-20

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Drawing in watercolor of 4 polaroid instant camera prints and from left to right they are labeled Mere Exposure Effect exclamation point. In the photos, it’s a poo emoji that gradually morphs into a heart emoji. An owl is sitting nearby looking concerned with his one wing bent up to his beak like a hand. The caption reads, After repeated exposure to something it becomes familiar, and even if it’s false or bad, it can come to be viewed as true or acceptable - even favorable, simply because it feels familiar. reiteration effect, illusion of truth effect, validity effect, illusory truth effect, and the truth effect. Those in the know regularly capitalize on this influential advertising trick to promote products, services, people, actions, agendas, politics, beliefs, ideas & attitudes — you name it. Signed by Chloe 2022, watermelonpunch.com

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Mere Exposure Effect, leads to Exposure

2022-07-30

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drawing of NIOSH N95 mask

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“If it was really unsafe, government would be doing something.”

2022-07-18

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Alarm is appropriate, the volcano is erupting

2022-07-06

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Trail information interpretive sign with the heading stating “Only Change is Constant” at Cedar Swamp Trail in the Dryden Kuser Natural Area at High Point State Park in New Jersey USA. Photo by Chloe Kaczenski Humbert

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Things change all the time.

2022-05-09

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i want to believe poster with a SUV instead of the flying saucer

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The SUV problem

2008-07-21

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Warning: Cell phones contain Pavlov’s Bells!

2004-12-05

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