Selective Exposure
People avoid uncomfortable truths before they even engage with them.
We filter out what threatens our beliefsβoften unconsciously.
The result: curated realities, disconnected from contradiction.
#SelectiveExposure
The first step to resisting misinformation isnβt fact-checking.
Itβs letting yourself see the uncomfortable truth.
Thatβs not easy.
But itβs where clarity starts.
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#SelectiveExposure #CognitiveBias
Dr. Dzmitry Yuranβs study explains this simply:
βWell before algorithms filtered what we seeβwe started doing it ourselves.β
Selective exposure is the human habit of avoiding information that challenges our beliefs.
Coming up next:
Thread 1 β Selective Exposure: Why We Avoid the Truth Before We Deny It
How we filter out discomfort before we even engageβand how that shapes what we βknow.β
#SelectiveExposure #CognitiveBias