Conservatives’ susceptibility to political misperceptions

[Roy]

Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8172130/

This study provides the most rigorous evidence to date that U.S. conservatives are uniquely susceptible to political misperceptions in the current sociopolitical environment. Data were collected over 6 months in 2019 and reflect Americans’ beliefs about hundreds of political topics. The topics were selected on the basis of social media engagement, suggesting that these are the very issues that Americans were most likely to encounter online. Analyses suggest that conservatism is associated with a lesser ability to distinguish between true and false claims across a wide range of political issues and with a tendency to believe that all claims are true.

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Meanwhile, research indicates that it's azure overhead, the chief Catholic sports fancy head gear, and ursines pollute sylvan environments.

[Diogenes]

Covid disinformation was perpetrated by the Left. At no point did the jab prevent infection or asymptomatic transmission. Gain of Function research was in fact funded by the US. The US even had bats in Montana. The jab certainly did have side effects relating to clotting and heart problems. The US was funding Covid prophylactic research in May 2019 with the award not being revised until Sept 2021. There were in fact US funded bio labs in Ukraine. Even our own Starlight threw US Berkeley under the bus when I associated it with Alex Jones' characterization of atrazine "making the frogs gay" even when US Berkeley broke the news about the effects of the pesticide on frog population. Climate alarmists have had predictions turn out to be false. Muller couldn't find evidence of Russian collision. There was a group that had children playing with a goat fetus with files labeled with international locations. The WEF is a very real organization that's rather open with its plans. Facebook "fact checkers" are known to be biased.

Fauci let the genie out of the bottle when he said "I am the science." The problem is narrative manipulation. When one side manipulates the narrative surrounding "facts", opposition of the narrative becomes opposition to the "facts". Overtime, the politicalization of facts eroded confidence. The denial of obvious ideological bias or financial interest also erodes confidence. In short, it's a problem the Left created and from which the Left benefits.

[Hypatia_Alexandria]

Covid disinformation was perpetrated by the Left. At no point did the jab prevent infection or asymptomatic transmission. Gain of Function research was in fact funded by the US. The US even had bats in Montana. The jab certainly did have side effects relating to clotting and heart problems. The US was funding Covid prophylactic research in May 2019 with the award not being revised until Sept 2021. There were in fact US funded bio labs in Ukraine. Even our own Starlight threw US Berkeley under the bus when I associated it with Alex Jones' characterization of atrazine "making the frogs gay" even when US Berkeley broke the news about the effects of the pesticide on frog population. Climate alarmists have had predictions turn out to be false. Muller couldn't find evidence of Russian collision. There was a group that had children playing with a goat fetus with files labeled with international locations. The WEF is a very real organization that's rather open with its plans. Facebook "fact checkers" are known to be biased.

Fauci let the genie out of the bottle when he said "I am the science." The problem is narrative manipulation. When one side manipulates the narrative surrounding "facts", opposition of the narrative becomes opposition to the "facts". Overtime, the politicalization of facts eroded confidence. The denial of obvious ideological bias or financial interest also erodes confidence. In short, it's a problem the Left created and from which the Left benefits.

Would you have preferred to risk contracting Covid and possibly dying from it?

[Diogenes]

Would you have preferred to risk contracting Covid and possibly dying from it?

Was this comment sponsored by Pfizer, Moderna, or AstraZeneca?

Would you prefer to be relevant? Of course, not dying form Covid also gets into the politicalization of healthcare. It's strange the Left complains about capitalist-industrialist complexes, but when it came to the pharmaceutical-industrial complex, the Left clammed up. That also gets into how technological and civilizational advancement affects health. Changes in lifestyles change health outcomes and not always for the better.

[Ronson]

Although my experience agrees that conservatives tend to be susceptible to confirmation bias (speaking only of my brother and his friends), this "study" is flawed. First, it is obviously approached from a 'liberal' slant; both authors have previously delved into political topics. That alone makes their motivation suspect. Plus, the study doesn't explain what truths were tested. For all we know, both authors believe the existence of Bigfoot is a "truth" and use that as an absolute.

I would add that most conservatives on this board tend to be skeptics - especially when it comes to official government edicts or dogma. I see liberals to be more yielding to authority and less questioning.

Case in point:
https://theologyweb.com/campus/forum...-to-kill-child

[Hypatia_Alexandria]

Was this comment sponsored by Pfizer, Moderna, or AstraZeneca?

Would you prefer to be relevant? Of course, not dying form Covid also gets into the politicalization of healthcare. It's strange the Left complains about capitalist-industrialist complexes, but when it came to the pharmaceutical-industrial complex, the Left clammed up. That also gets into how technological and civilizational advancement affects health. Changes in lifestyles change health outcomes and not always for the better.

It was quite a straightforward question. Is risking contracting Covid and possibly dying preferable to a series of vaccinations?

[Diogenes]

It was quite a straightforward question. Is risking contracting Covid and possibly dying preferable to a series of vaccinations?

It's as straightforward as asking if your comment was sponsored by Pfizer, Moderna, or AstraZeneca. You're much too intelligent, at least you present yourself as much too intelligent, to not understand the bias of your question. If you you're going to remain transparently disingenuous, fin.

[Gondwanaland]

Would you have preferred to risk contracting Covid and possibly dying from it?

I contracted Covid, within the first month it was in my state. My doctor confirmed the antibody presence well before the vaccines ever popped out. My natural immunity, which the left spent two years denying the existence of, was better protection than any of the jabs.

[Diogenes]

I contracted Covid, within the first month it was in my state. My doctor confirmed the antibody presence well before the vaccines ever popped out. My natural immunity, which the left spent two years denying the existence of, was better protection than any of the jabs.

As small point of annoyance of the vernacular, acquired immunity is more accurate, but yes, she's going to throw context under the bus when it's suitable.

[Hypatia_Alexandria]

I contracted Covid, within the first month it was in my state. My doctor confirmed the antibody presence well before the vaccines ever popped out. My natural immunity, which the left spent two years denying the existence of, was better protection than any of the jabs.

Typhoid Mary never got Typhoid either but she passed it on to many others.

You cannot contend that your own personal experience of this infection outweighs a vaccination programme as not everyone was as lucky as you were.

[Hypatia_Alexandria]

It's as straightforward as asking if your comment was sponsored by Pfizer, Moderna, or AstraZeneca. You're much too intelligent, at least you present yourself as much too intelligent, to not understand the bias of your question. If you you're going to remain transparently disingenuous, fin.

If you cannot or will not answer, so be it.

[Ronson]

Typhoid Mary never got Typhoid either but she passed it on to many others.

You cannot contend that your own personal experience of this infection outweighs a vaccination programme as not everyone was as lucky as you were.

Your comment about Typhoid Mary indicates that you believe vaccination would have made her non contagious.

[Bill the Cat]

Would you have preferred to risk contracting Covid and possibly dying from it?

I caught it twice and am 100% fine. Un-COVID-vaxxed and healthy.

[Bill the Cat]

Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8172130/

This study provides the most rigorous evidence to date that U.S. conservatives are uniquely susceptible to political misperceptions in the current sociopolitical environment. Data were collected over 6 months in 2019 and reflect Americans’ beliefs about hundreds of political topics. The topics were selected on the basis of social media engagement, suggesting that these are the very issues that Americans were most likely to encounter online. Analyses suggest that conservatism is associated with a lesser ability to distinguish between true and false claims across a wide range of political issues and with a tendency to believe that all claims are true.

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Meanwhile, research indicates that it's azure overhead, the chief Catholic sports fancy head gear, and ursines pollute sylvan environments.

When you own the "fact" checkers, you can slant any fact check you want.

[Diogenes]

If you cannot or will not answer, so be it.

I will admit that's an improved gaslighting technique. Kudos.