Why is it that some people will post anything they read to social media with out fact checking one bit, but will spend 20 minutes talking a "test" to find out what color crayon they are?
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I checked your facts and the crayon test does NOT take 20 minutes. Hurumph. 
JacobMeyers
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Jan 24, 2019
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Thanks for trying to fact-check most of the time. Don't apologize for being human. As another poster said confirmation bias is very hard to overcome. I know because I've been victimized myself.
Lorajay
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Jan 24, 2019
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No one is free of confirmation bias victimization. It is just part of our nature of being human.
Even though I try hard to fact-check anything that may be doubtful, I sometimes fall into the trap of thinking 'Gosh, isn't that interesting!' and immediately sharing it, then having to backtrack and apologise for being an idiot, or else hastily delete it. Doing it all the time, though, I agree just denotes someone who doesn't care about facts.
CeliaVL
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Jan 24, 2019
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