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Koenfucius @Koenfucius@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

The first single seater racing car also had another unintentional first (even though it was not remotely functional, nor intended to be). Just the kind of anecdote for Dave Trott to recommend leaving room for happy accidents: https://davetrott.co.uk/2026/07/leave-room-for-happy-accidents/

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LEAVE ROOM FOR HAPPY ACCIDENTS - Dave Trott's Blog

We assume everything is always the result of logical, straight-line thinking. But that isn’t always true. For instance, take the rear-view mirror in your car. The rear-view mirror was invented more than 100 years ago by racing car driver Ray Harroun. He was more of an engineer than a driver. But he wanted

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Koenfucius @Koenfucius@mastodon.social

· 39mo ago

Prior exposure effects (~illusory truth effect, by which belief in statements increases through repetition) increase with age—the most for those in the oldest cohort (60+)—especially for false news, research by Ben Lyons suggests:
https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/older-americans-are-more-vulnerable-to-prior-exposure-effects-in-news-evaluation/

Older Americans are more vulnerable to prior exposure effects in news evaluation | HKS Misinformation Review

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Older Americans are more vulnerable to prior exposure effects in news evaluation | HKS Misinformation Review

Older news users may be especially vulnerable to prior exposure effects, whereby news comes to be seen as more accurate over multiple viewings. I test this in re-analyses of three two-wave, nationally representative surveys in the United States (N = 8,730) in which respondents rated a series of mainstream, hyperpartisan, and false political headlines (139,082 observations).

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