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Believing misinformation is a “win” for some people, even when proven false (arstechnica.com)

submitted 5 months ago by Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/science@mander.xyz

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The strongest predictor of whether someone believed in COVID-19-related misinformation and risks related to the vaccine was whether they viewed COVID-19 prevention efforts in terms of symbolic strength and weakness. In other words, this group focused on whether an action would make them appear to fend off or “give in” to untoward influence.

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Our findings highlight the limits of countering misinformation directly, because for some people, literal truth is not the point.

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[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

The risks from the vaccine are lower than if you contracted covid by several orders of magnitude which makes it extremely hard to justify being afraid of the vaccine but not covid. So for ease of speech you can say there is no risk from the vaccine.

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

No risk from the vaccine is misinformation, the fact some of us feel justified employing misinformation because we feel we are comfortable for the risk calculus doesn't invalidate the actual documented risks of a vaccine. Hence the irony

[–] blackbrook@mander.xyz 2 points 5 months ago

And where does the paper say that? You claim it "makes an assumption that there are no known risks with the covid-19 vaccinations" but I didn't see any such assumption made.