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The thing is, there can be bad reasons not to fall for fake news. Someone whose attitude is "I don't effin' believe a goddamned thing I read anywhere" doesn't fall for fake news. Unfortunately, they don't believe real news either.

True Scotsman's "doesn't fall for fake news" is more of a matter of intellect, than psychology.

It goes with personality to the extent that stupid is a personality.




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