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by Boogie_Man 436 days ago
Far be it from me to criticize Cambridge University, but it's an absurd way to test "susceptibility to fake news". They present a series of headlines independent of any context and ask if they're legitimate or not. This completely eliminates the actual metric for susceptibility to fake news, which is the inclination and ability to conduct research from reputable sources. This test is measuring if people's existing biases align with reality, and, to some extent, their ability to guess. Garbage.
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Yes it's extremely weird and there should at least be an no "I don't know" option