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In the heat of this historic election, educated elites who should know better — billionaires, elected officials, journalists — keep falling for fakes, conspiracy theories and outright lies.Why it matters: Human gullibility is not a new phenomenon. But social media and polarized politics are exposing it at industrial scale…
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America’s gullibility crisis: Billionaires spread blatant bunk
Zachary Basu
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In the heat of this historic election, educated elites who should know better — billionaires, elected officials, journalists — keep falling for fakes, conspiracy theories and outright lies.Why it matters: Human gullibility is not a new phenomenon. But social media and polarized politics are exposing it at industrial scale…
