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These days, it seems like there's more arguing over what counts as a "fact" and what counts as an "opinion" than should ever be necessary. Well, we have bad news. The trouble doesn't start with "fake news" — it starts in your brain.
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Your Brain Involuntarily Sees Opinions You Agree With as Facts
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These days, it seems like there's more arguing over what counts as a "fact" and what counts as an "opinion" than should ever be necessary. Well, we have bad news. The trouble doesn't start with "fake news" — it starts in your brain.

Your Biased Brain
We already know that your interpretation of facts can vary wildly depending on your beliefs. Confirmation bias and the backfire effect are always going to shape the way you interact with your world. But according to a new report on a phenomenon known as involuntary opinion confirmation, you might have a hard time sorting out the facts in the first place. That's because when your brain is exposed to an opinion it agrees with, it automatically slips it into the "facts" folder of your mental filing cabinet.

belief stronger than impression and less strong than positive knowledge

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A viewpoint that no one is obligated to share with you, but you are free to have, because you are also not obligated to share anyone else's opinion. Often subject to nonsensical arguments, such as christian suburbian mothers, Karens, if you will, wishing to not vaccinate their children because "they do not believe that it works" and "the government is trying to inject microchips into our brains". Spoiler alert: That is not an opinion, that is scientifically false. Here is a rudimentary example of how to properly go about people's opinions: