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Scientists show how ‘doing your own research’ leads to believing conspiracies — This effect arises because of the quality of information churned out by Google’s search engine::Researchers found that people searching misinformation online risk falling into “data voids” that increase belief in conspiracies.

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[-] GeneralVincent@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

I agree (and I think the article agrees in part too) with much of what you're saying. But the issue with your comment is this;

If you did your own research and listen to experts like Adam Taggart or Wealthion

You're assuming doing your own research will lead to the correct and educated experts (Adam Taggart or Wealthion in this example). The study this article is based on really is just saying "do your own research" is leaving it up to your search engine. And everyone uses Google. Google isn't designed to show you research, it's designed to show you what you want to know.

[-] ComradeKhoumrag@infosec.pub 1 points 1 year ago

Google didn't lead me to those channels, but still the point stands, trust is eventually delegated to individuals and that is always a security flaw.

All I meant was, the same is still true with the mainstream media

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