🧵 Thread 2: The Backfire Effect... Doesn’t Work Like You Think
In 2020, a team of researchers reviewed a decade of data on the “Backfire Effect.”
The result?
It’s real sometimes — but rare.
And we’ve been getting it wrong.👇
#CorrectionMyths #BackfireEffectSeries
Coming up next: What happened when others tried to replicate it?
Did the backfire hold up?
Was it really that common?
Or did we overreact to a misunderstood effect?
🧵 Thread 2 drops soon:
#CorrectionMyths #BackfireEffectSeries
Hashtags we’ll use for each part:
✅ #BackfireEffect – the original concept
✅ #CorrectionMyths – what the science now says
✅ #DebunkingSmart – how to fight falsehoods the right way
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