Cults and Addictive Behaviors

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The backfire effect after correcting misinformation is strongly associated with reliability The backfire effect is when a correction increases belief in the very misconception it is attempting to correct, and it is often used as a reason not to correct misinformation. The current study aimed...

Why #personalitycults can’t let go. When confronted with scientific facts, they take offense because they have formed a #falseidentity which takes precedence over their authentic self which they loathe.🧵
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The #backfireeffect is
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A piece of ludicrous AI slop “art” depicting Jesus standing behind a seated Trump with his hands on the malevolent narcissistic buffoon’s shoulders.

“ #Personalitycults lead, with some predictability, to the inflation of ludicrous #compliments.” www.programmablemutter.com/p/short-post...

Personality Cults and “Insult Suits”: Noise and Silence in Authoritarian Propaganda How autocrats protect their claims to be the sole arbiters of truth

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Because #PersonalityCults promote incompetents for loyalty, who seek status. Also he's a drunk. 🤷🏻‍♂️