What are you actually planning to do that isn’t already being done? “Fake news” is already the biggest story of the year, but the Dunning-Kruger effect is ensuring that nothing actually changes.
While some may dismiss the possibility of the electorate becoming more rational in its political decision-making, the idea that citizens are inherently irrational is a myth. Research shows that people can train themselves to be more rational—more accurately evaluating reality and, thus, making wise decisions. However, this can only happen if people are motivated to put the time and effort into doing so. It is much easier to get people to agree that truth in politics is important than to get people to act in accordance with their stated agreement to this principle when doing so takes the cognitive effort of adopting new habits. These include systematically fact-checking political information, welcoming learning new information that goes against their current perspective and updating their beliefs, and many others.
How are you going to motivate people to learn that they’re wrong about everything? People who believe that Obama is a secret muslim or that he took some time off to start ISIS don’t want to know the truth.
This is described in the “How Is This Project Different From Others Trying To Do Somewhat Similar Things?” and “Do You Have Any Evidence That This Will Work?” sections in the document linked above—here’s the link for convenience.
What are you actually planning to do that isn’t already being done? “Fake news” is already the biggest story of the year, but the Dunning-Kruger effect is ensuring that nothing actually changes.
How are you going to motivate people to learn that they’re wrong about everything? People who believe that Obama is a secret muslim or that he took some time off to start ISIS don’t want to know the truth.
This is described in the “How Is This Project Different From Others Trying To Do Somewhat Similar Things?” and “Do You Have Any Evidence That This Will Work?” sections in the document linked above—here’s the link for convenience.