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Why so many misconceptions?

How to cultivate critical thinking?

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The science of nonsense © Humensciences

By: Caroline Lachowsky

1 min

Is it possible to get vaccinated against nonsense?

Why do misconceptions, nonsense and rumors spread so quickly and so well?

How to cultivate our critical spirit?Rebroadcast from 20/07/21

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Let's cultivate our critical spirit today, asking ourselves why are we so receptive to misconceptions and rumours, why are we so often biased?

Are we wired to believe more easily in sympathetic, exciting and consoling nonsense than in rigorous, cautious and instructive statements?

How can we be vaccinated against the nonsense that is circulating more and more quickly and in greater numbers on our networks?

How do we reinvigorate those critical defenses that we so badly need right now?

It becomes urgent to ask ourselves about our functioning and our so human tendency to credulity.

With 

, doctor in plant biology and author of the Youtube channel

(devoted to critical thinking) for the book 

published by Humensciences.

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