The following is neither a hoax nor a conspiracy do not adjust your computer telephone tablet or television we will be controlling all that you seen and hear and maybe even what you think so sit back relax and enjoy the world of Cognitive Biases. In less than 20 years the internet revolution has had a deep impact on Human Behavior of an all of a media so that today it even affects the way we think. Imagined and invented stories and even outright lives have become prominent in our media landscape how could this be. What underpins the popularity. Why is it that weve come to down to expert testimony. Or. Could it be that our brains are predisposed towards compelling nonsense. When the World Wide Web was invented in the 1990 s. It was imagined as a democratic space that would provide everyone direct access to all of Human Knowledge yet today it seems knowledge is being eclipsed by conviction and we are all it risk of being dragged down into a democracy of the gullible. Usual greece agrees
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A yet another trophy from behind munich this time beating dortmund to win the german super cup. Im Rebecca Richards welcome to the program we begin with the fallout from americas debate debacle u. S. President donald trump is facing a storm of criticism over race after he refused out to outright condemn White Supremacists instead he told a far right group to stand by on wednesday trying to refine that message to stand down but despite his backpedaling his remarks have sparked outrage in the u. S. And beyond. Some commentators are calling it the worst president ial debate in u. S. History 98 minutes of interruptions crosstalk insults and accusations mostly from President Trump the heated exchanges where many like this one over the u. S. Supreme court to consider you should go out and vote your in voting now vote and let your senators know how you get on are you feeling that vote now that impact they will sure you in fact let people know who it is or senator russia im not going to answer
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