From the Vault: Illusory Truth Effect, Part 1

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

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🗓️ 24 August 2019

⏱️ 83 minutes

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If a lie is repeated often enough, are we more likely to believe it? Sadly, the answer is yes. Psychologists call it the illusory truth effect and it influences both our daily lives and the larger movements of politics and culture. Join Robert and Joe for a two-part discussion of untruths, the human mind and just what you can do to fight the big lies at work in your world. (Originally published July 10, 2018)

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1:42.5	Hey you welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind. My name is Robert Lam and I'm Joe McCormick and
1:46.9	it's Saturday time to go into the old vault. This episode originally aired July 10th, 2018 and
1:52.9	this was part one of our discussion of the illusory truth effect. One of the many biases that
1:59.8	unfortunately affects all of our brains and makes it harder for us to know what's true.
2:04.3	Yeah, this is one that's, this is going to shake some of your foundation stones I think. This
2:09.8	one's going to make you rethink the way you interact with the world and how you interact with truth.
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