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).

  • Kwakigra@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    I would cheat on this test because I cheat in real life. I’ve been humbled enough times not to put total faith in my initial impression and would rather have more evidence than whatever I happen to be aware of at the moment to determine whether a claim is true.

    • androogee (they/she)@midwest.social
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      1 year ago

      Absolutely. The problem isn’t that some people can psychically know whether a headline is true and some can’t.

      The problem is deciding that you know without checking. Which is exactly what this test seems to want you to do.

      I mean what does “real” even mean in this context? Just that it’s a published headline? Or that it’s a fact checked headline?

      What if it’s true, but it’s not a published headline?

      ¯\_(ツ)_/¯