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Gut instinct (intuitive thinkers) could see you fall for Covid misinformation (anu.edu.au)
4 points by lysp on Aug 31, 2021 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



This one didn't age well. Specifically the statement:

4. “You should clean and disinfect frequently used objects such as mobile phones, keys, wallets, and work passes to stop the coronavirus from spreading.”

We now know it had very little effect, if any.


An old friend once said that the intellectual is probably the most vulnerable of all for misinformation. Three reasons.

1) He absorbs the largest amount of secondhand, unverified information.

2) He feels a compelling need to have an opinion on every important question of our time, and thus easily succumbs to "analytical/intellectual" opin­ions offered to him on all such indigestible pieces of information.

3) He considers himself capable of "judging for himself".

-- that man is I.




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