Why Hearing Something Twice Makes You Believe It
We use all of our brains virtually. Napoleon was about average height for his time. If either of those sentences surprised you, you've already experienced what this file is about.In 1977, psychologists showed that simply repeating a statement makes people rate it as more likely to be true — whether or not it actually is. Nearly fifty years of research has confirmed it. Then in 2015, researchers found something worse: repetition still worked on people who already knew the correct answer.This file covers why your mind treats familiarity as proof, why intelligence doesn't exempt you, how it…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.