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They’ve grown up online. So why are our kids not better at detecting misinformation? (www.thestar.com)

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They’ve grown up online. So why are our kids not better at detecting misinformation?::Recent studies have shown teens are more susceptible than adults. It’s a problem researchers, teachers and parents are only beginning to understand.

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[-] mwguy@infosec.pub 97 points 1 year ago

A big part of detecting bullshit is having the experience of getting burned by bullshit.

[-] richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Not necessarily. People keep being burned by the same scams over and over.

[-] mwguy@infosec.pub 3 points 1 year ago

Sure but if you take a population of people and expose them to the same scam over and over; in theory less will fall for it each time. Some might fall for it every time to infinity, but < 100% of those who failed on round one will.

[-] jdeath@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

this just in: kids are worse than adults at stuff! wow!

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