Researchers want the public to test themselves: https://yourmist.streamlit.app/. Selecting true or false against 20 headlines gives the user a set of scores and a “resilience” ranking that compares them to the wider U.S. population. It takes less than two minutes to complete.

The paper

Edit: the article might be misrepresenting the study and its findings, so it’s worth checking the paper itself. (See @realChem 's comment in the thread).

  • Spudger
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    11 year ago

    That’s the problem with families. Despite your best efforts at teaching them to have a healthy level of cynicism they can end up believing any old crap they read online. You have to watch out for the warning signs.