Put your BS detector to the test with this Twitter thread
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Our brains have fairly good BS detectors built in. When we hear or read something that isn’t quite right, it sends out a signal saying “I’m uncertain if this is true”. The trouble is, it doesn’t tell us why the words don’t feel believable. When we get that BS signal, we look at the words or what has been said and, most of us, look logically at what is being claimed. If we can’t see flaws in the logic, we override our BS detector and assume it must be true.
Put your BS detector to the test with this Twitter thread
Put your BS detector to the test with this…
Put your BS detector to the test with this Twitter thread
Our brains have fairly good BS detectors built in. When we hear or read something that isn’t quite right, it sends out a signal saying “I’m uncertain if this is true”. The trouble is, it doesn’t tell us why the words don’t feel believable. When we get that BS signal, we look at the words or what has been said and, most of us, look logically at what is being claimed. If we can’t see flaws in the logic, we override our BS detector and assume it must be true.