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True Enough:
Learning to Live in
a Post-Fact Society
by
Farhad Manjoo
“At the same time that technology
and globalization has pushed the
world together, it is driving our
minds apart”
Better-Never situation (Gopnick,
2011)
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• Selective exposure
How human process
information ?
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People choose the
information that
suits their ideology
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• Selective perception
How human interpret documentary proof ?
People interpret documentary
proof according to their long held
belief
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Conspiracy theorist believe
that they saw missiles
attached to the plane
That is what they
want to see
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I saw a plane I saw a missile
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• Peripheral processing
How human decide whom to believe?
People tend to make decision
peripherally when we simply don’t
understand the details of the case
at hand
They choose their personal
versions of truth by subscribing to
the specialist they find agreeable
and trustworthy.
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Therefore, I will
find “experts” that
support my belief