• Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldOP
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    7 months ago

    Most people seem to “never have found out about politics” yet seeing how they consume all newspaper content without critical thinking.

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      7 months ago

      Everyone consumes whatever they agree with with less critical thinking, it’s an absolutely normal bias to have and nobody is immune.

      That’s why when you hear someone say “I do my own research” you don’t think “this person must be highly educated” but rather “this person listens to ‘alternative’ media.”

      Just because you consume a different kind of propaganda, doesn’t make you wiser, it makes you have a different set of biases.

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        7 months ago

        It’s also important to remember that being aware of the psychological effects of something does not make you immune to those effects, or even consistently lessen them in a measurable way.

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              7 months ago

              https://www.health.harvard.edu/mental-health/the-power-of-the-placebo-effect

              A study led by Kaptchuk and published in Science Translational Medicine explored this by testing how people reacted to migraine pain medication. One group took a migraine drug labeled with the drug’s name, another took a placebo labeled “placebo,” and a third group took nothing. The researchers discovered that the placebo was 50% as effective as the real drug to reduce pain after a migraine attack.

              The researchers speculated that a driving force beyond this reaction was the simple act of taking a pill. “People associate the ritual of taking medicine as a positive healing effect,” says Kaptchuk. “Even if they know it’s not medicine, the action itself can stimulate the brain into thinking the body is being healed.”

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                  7 months ago

                  Yeah, pain is more tangible and actually experienced, whereas what society actually looks like is 99% vibes and personal biases.

                  So this applies even more to sociology than to painkillers.