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“Emotions can get in the way of truth-seeking. People do not process information in a neutral way.”

Truth Emotion Emotions Rumor Truths Rumors

Book:On Rumors: How Falsehoods Spread, Why We Believe Them, What Can Be Done

Source: On Rumors: How Falsehoods Spread, Why We Believe Them, What Can Be Done

“If government is to respect people's autonomy, or to treat them with dignity, it should not deprive them of freedom. It should treat them as adults, rather than children or infants.”

Respect Dignity Infantilization

Author:Cass R. Sunstein

“It might also count as an insult to dignity, and a form of infantilization, if the government constantly reminds people of things that they already know.”

Respect Dignity Infantilization

Author:Cass R. Sunstein

“People are more likely to object to nudges that appeal to unconscious or subconscious processes.”

Author:Cass R. Sunstein

“Terrible events produce outrage, and when people are outraged, they are all the more likely to accept rumors that justify their emotional states, and also to attribute those events to intentional action.”

Emotions Tragedy Anger Outrage Rumors

Book:On Rumors: How Falsehoods Spread, Why We Believe Them, What Can Be Done

Source: On Rumors: How Falsehoods Spread, Why We Believe Them, What Can Be Done

“The multiple failures of top-down design, and the omnipresence of unintended consequences, can be attributed in large part, to the absence of relevant information.”

Author:Cass R. Sunstein

“...when like-minded people get together, they often end up thinking a more extreme version of what they thought before they started to talk to one another.”

Extremes Misinformation Rumors Polarization Mob Mentality Like Minded Cult Mentality

Book:On Rumors: How Falsehoods Spread, Why We Believe Them, What Can Be Done

Source: On Rumors: How Falsehoods Spread, Why We Believe Them, What Can Be Done