Why Good People Share Fake News — And How To Make Them Stop

In Reality · Apr 4, 2023 · 53m

It’s received wisdom today that tribalism, confirmation bias and other mental

errors are deeply embedded in human nature. And once social media began

exploiting these forces, truth didn’t stand a chance. Well, not so fast. Today’s

guest is David Rand, professor of management and brain and cognitive

sciences at MIT. To cite a very incomplete list of his accolades, he has been

recognized by the Arthur Greer Memorial Prize for Outstanding Scholarship;

the Poynter Institute, which named him fact-checking researcher of the year,

and just this past fall by the Thinkers 50 Radar List. His research…