Experts who write fearfully about misinformation often depict humans as gullible saps whose zombie minds are infected by lies spread by social media. In this week's @NewYorker, I argue that these writers get something fundamentally wrong how beliefs work: newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…
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My argument centers on the "paradox of belief". There are many beliefs that feel sincere and which we fervently espouse yet which seem insulated from behavior. We say we believe them, but we don't always act like we do.