Star Trek Online’s Galaxy line up for Sir Patrick Stewart has absolutely ended me this morning 😭

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Get your blood pumping with Thunderstruck on xylophone: 🔊 #AGoodPlace Source:

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of course I love this video, am I made of stone

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sorry, this makes me mad. there have been seven separate attempts to replicate the backfire effect, including two by Nyhan, et al., and literally none have successfully replicated the 2010 study except by salami-slicing the subgroups until they lose their statistical power.

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dispelling disinfo via facts. Seems there’s room for both the backfire effect to be invalid and treating disinfo as bullshit—i.e. applying social stigma > increasing undesirability of belief > lowering prevalence of linking one’s identity to bullshit —to have better efficacy than dispensing facts.

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