Skeptics Say, ‘Do Your Own Research.’ It’s Not That Simple.

“As psychological studies have repeatedly shown, when it comes to technical and complex issues like climate change and vaccine efficacy, novices who do their own research often end up becoming more misled than informed — the exact opposite of what D.Y.O.R. is supposed to accomplish.”

Read Dr. Nathan Ballantyne and Dr. Dunning’s guest essay for the New York times here.

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