Mathematician John Allen Paulos writes that confirmation bias isn't the only basis for fake news: "The conjunction fallacy posits that we are more susceptible to believing untrue stories if they are more elaborate and specific. The more details there are in a news story (especially one, say about the nefarious connection of Clinton to a certain pizza parlor, secret code words, John Podesta, other stores and tunnels, etc.), the more plausible and engaging the account."
December 27, 2016
