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We've found a ‘vaccine’ for fake news. Wait! No, we really are Cambridge researchers
Researchers at Cambridge University believe a psychological "vaccine" could help prevent the spread of "fake news" - in a study that on the face of it might also pass for a bogus story. The research found that by pre-emptively exposing readers to a small "dose" of the misinformation can help organisations cancel out fake news …
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Wednesday 25th January 2017 16:32 GMT David Roberts
Science is not fact
It is informed opinion based on observation.
Both the observation and the opinion may be subject to experimental bias.
Research is very much biased by the funding bodies who like to fund research which supports their views and especially their economic interests. Consider what benefit there is, for example, in a food firm sponsoring research to prove that their products are unhealthy or even dangerous.
Conclusions will stand until more research and more results suggest that a different opinion may be more accurate.
Anyone who claims a scientific "fact" is either ill informed or mendacious.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
