VIDEO: How cognitive bias allows misinformation to spread

WGN News
Author and “Sounds Like a Cult” podcaster Amanda Montell discusses her new book The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality on Chicago's WGN News morning program, describing the psychology behind conspiratorial thinking and misinformation on social media including the Illusory Truth Effect, Zero Sum Bias, the Halo Effect and more.

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