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
![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/7c668ec0-a3ad-455f-b736-1f5f13808b09.png)
![](https://fry.gs/pictrs/image/c6832070-8625-4688-b9e5-5d519541e092.png)
![Scientists Explain Why ‘Doing Your Own Research’ Leads to Believing Conspiracies](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/33b0c33a-5af2-4819-9790-628cc11be3e5.jpeg?format=jpg&thumbnail=256)
vice.com
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.
You are viewing a single comment
Exactly, the problem isn't people doing their own research. The problem is also a system (search engines) that doesn't actually provide quality results.