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A metal ladder of misinference stretches into a round sky view, its rungs disappearing among the clouds against a dark backdrop.
The Learning Curve
How to disrupt misinformation with the “ladder of misinference”
Alex Edmans, professor of finance at the London Business School, warns us to be mindful of the incentives surrounding misinformation — including our desire to believe it.
Josh Browning
Thinking
10 rules to determine if a conspiracy theory is true or false
Your very own "Conspiracy Detection Kit."
Michael Shermer
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