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Melissa Healy at the LA Times
http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-conservative-believe-false-threats-20170202-story.html
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When alternative facts allege some kind of danger, people whose political beliefs are more conservative are more likely than those who lean liberal to embrace them, says the teams soon-to-be-published study.
Conservatives vulnerability to accepting untruths didnt apply equally to all false claims: When lies suggested dangerous or apocalyptic outcomes, more conservative participants were more likely to believe them than when the lie suggested a possible benefit.
Participants whose views fell further left could be plenty credulous. But they were no more likely to buy a scary falsehood than they were to buy one with a positive outcome.
In short, conservatives are more likely to drop their guard against lies when they perceive the possible consequences as being dark. Liberals, less so.
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