First misinformation susceptibility test finds 'very online' Gen Z and millennials are most vulnerable to fake news
phys.org
University of Cambridge psychologists have developed the first validated "misinformation susceptibility test": a quick two-minute quiz that gives a solid indication of how vulnerable a person is to being duped by the kind of fabricated news that floods online spaces.

Researchers want the public to test themselves: https://yourmist.streamlit.app/. Selecting true or false against 20 headlines gives the user a set of scores and a “resilience” ranking that compares them to the wider U.S. population. It takes less than two minutes to complete.

The paper

Edit: the article might be misrepresenting the study and its findings, so it’s worth checking the paper itself. (See @realChem 's comment in the thread).

  • Lvxferre@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I have no idea how true this [the saying] is but if two more people tell you the same thing…

    I’m not sure, but I think that this is largerly true to the masses because we [people in general] are not well trained to think rationally on the matters, so we let fallacies like ad populum stain our beliefs.

      • Lvxferre@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        1 year ago

        I also think so.

        Critical thinking is not just something that you use “when you science”; it’s something for your whole life. It makes you a better human being, as you understand better the world and people around you. And it would make people extra resilient against misinformation.