https://freerepublic.com/tag/qtardstakenote/ en-us Thu, 20 Oct 2022 18:57:25 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4102129/posts People who deny the existence of facts believe in fake news more often. People with dark personality traits—those who always put their own benefit first—are particularly often affected. These are the findings of a new study at the Human-Computer-Media Institute at Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU) in Bavaria, Germany. "Some people believe fake news even when the scientific facts clearly contradict them," says psychologist Jan Philipp Rudloff. "We wanted to know why this is the case and investigate the role played by our ideas about the nature of knowledge and facts." Rudloff, who is doing his Ph.D. at the department of communication... phys https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4102129/posts#comment Thu, 20 Oct 2022 18:57:25 GMT